{"id":573895135,"date":"2022-12-15T21:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T02:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573895135"},"modified":"2022-12-29T14:21:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:21:36","slug":"counting-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/12\/15\/counting-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After today there&#8217;s just a half-day or so left in my work year. And, a few short minutes after that, we&#8217;ll be undertaking the great traveling adventure. This realization, this countdown, is oddly conflicting. On one hand, &#8220;The holiday break is almost here, and I don&#8217;t know that I deserve all of this time off.&#8221; On the other hand, &#8220;It&#8217;s here, already?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now, clearly, there&#8217;s something wrong, woefully wrong, with that first hand. Deserving it is a silly notion. This is a western and, frankly, dumb concept. Time off is part of my deal. I can take it or lose it, and no one is interested in giving it back. What&#8217;s more, I&#8217;ve earned it, having carefully accumulated days for just such a traveling adventure as this. I think it&#8217;s the mentality of accumulating and hoarding those days off for a year that builds that frame of mind. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, that&#8217;s what I was thinking about as I did a little Christmas shopping this evening. Because, ya know, it seemed like the appropriate time. I went to one store Monday and was uninspired. I tried another place yesterday and was interrupted &#8212; all for the best, I am sure. But, this evening I knew I would have some success: I started seeing things I wanted. <\/p>\n<p>And so if you don&#8217;t want to chip in, or purchase outright, a new bicycle for me, I found stuff for me. And also for others. Things I didn&#8217;t buy. This, which looks cool. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/dec22\/dec29.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We have a five-foot vinyl tunnel and one of the cats absolutely loves it. Sleeps in it. Ambushes you in it. Takes rides in it. That one is a bit more involved and a bit more expensive; it stayed in the store. <\/p>\n<p>So did this. A few weeks ago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2022\/12\/06\/travel-day-photos\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I found Zoltar<\/a>. This evening I saw the keyboard Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia played in Big.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/dec22\/dec30.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m holding out for the full-sized piano, and the ability to do this. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CF7-rz9nIn4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There aren&#8217;t many movie scenes more charming than that. That&#8217;s really what I&#8217;m holding out for on my own dancing piano. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, some shopping done. Laundry done. Packing and holiday travel to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After today there&#8217;s just a half-day or so left in my work year. 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