{"id":2482,"date":"2013-12-27T11:53:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2013-12-27T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T16:53:14","slug":"taking-full-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/27\/taking-full-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Full Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am taking full advantage of this Christmas vacation thing. \u00a0No workouts. \u00a0None. \u00a0Food? \u00a0Terrible. \u00a0Relaxing? \u00a0100%. \u00a0I love it.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas has been awesome. \u00a0It&#8217;s nice to hang out with family (humans and doggies) and just be lazy. \u00a0And of course, gifts are fun to give and receive. \u00a0My sister wins the gifting competition this year, having made quilts for many family members. \u00a0She is way more patient than I am. \u00a0I could probably manage to make a mouse quilt. \u00a0Then I would get bored.<\/p>\n<p>I head back home tomorrow, which is nice because it gives me one more day of the weekend to get unpacked and such before I have to head back to work. \u00a0Not that work will be all that busy.<\/p>\n<p>It also means I can get in one more long run. \u00a012 miles, I think. \u00a0Which doesn&#8217;t seem all that far, having just done 20. \u00a0Of course, with a full week off in between those two runs, it might not be pretty.<\/p>\n<p>And let&#8217;s be honest, I&#8217;ll probably do it on the treadmill so I can watch all the tv I missed this week. \u00a0Yep, that&#8217;s how I roll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am taking full advantage of this Christmas vacation thing. \u00a0No workouts. \u00a0None. \u00a0Food? \u00a0Terrible. \u00a0Relaxing? \u00a0100%. \u00a0I love it. 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