{"id":3944,"date":"2016-07-10T17:02:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T22:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2016-07-10T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T22:02:16","slug":"its-the-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3944","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First things first, I&#8217;d like to introduce you to my new BFF:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3946\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3946\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3946\" alt=\"13600175_1024196504367152_3397082283414239810_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13600175_1024196504367152_3397082283414239810_n.jpg\" width=\"497\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13600175_1024196504367152_3397082283414239810_n.jpg 497w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13600175_1024196504367152_3397082283414239810_n-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both MFH (My Favorite Husband) and I have the head cold from h____. \u00a0This is a doozie! \u00a0Can&#8217;t remember the last time I&#8217;ve felt this bad.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, after my 16 miler, I tried to lay down for a nap. \u00a0That run had started at 2:00am and I was tired. \u00a0That was the day the house phone decided to ring off the hook. \u00a0*figures* \u00a0No nap.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday afternoon, I started getting a scratchy throat but didn&#8217;t really think any thing of it. \u00a0Ran a recovery run Thursday and mowed and was feeling rough by the end of the day. \u00a0Friday? \u00a0I was out for the count and I have been since then! \u00a0Same with MFH. \u00a0We are both non-functioning people right now. \u00a0Hahaha!!!<\/p>\n<p>We stayed home from church today and I didn&#8217;t even run my scheduled miles. \u00a0This was the first time EVER I&#8217;ve bailed on miles! We are doing a big. fat. nothing.<\/p>\n<p>So, this afternoon, we had a thunderstorm roll in. \u00a0It turned out to be a biggie! \u00a0Funny thing about this storm, we never once got a warning or anything from the National Weather Service on the weather radio or our cell phone. \u00a0That&#8217;s very out of character.<\/p>\n<p>This storm seemed to park over our house for more than an hour. \u00a0The power flickered 6 times before it threw in the towel and called it a day.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton high tailed it for the hall bathroom. \u00a0That is his sanctuary when we have bad weather. \u00a0For a while there, I didn&#8217;t think he would ever come out again! \u00a0Poor Paxton!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3947\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3947\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3947\" alt=\"13590477_1024357654351037_8435919325685206371_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13590477_1024357654351037_8435919325685206371_n.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13590477_1024357654351037_8435919325685206371_n.jpg 540w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/13590477_1024357654351037_8435919325685206371_n-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First we just lost power, then we lost internet. \u00a0Losing internet??? \u00a0We both live and breathe on the internet! \u00a0This. Was. Not. Good.<\/p>\n<p>MFH and I resorted to cell phones and our data plan. \u00a0Funny how fast a cell phone battery drains!<\/p>\n<p>We stopped using the cell phones. \u00a0Seeing as the power wasn&#8217;t back up, we had no way of recharging them. \u00a0What a bother!<\/p>\n<p>MFH tried to call ATT-Uverse to find out the status of getting our internet back. \u00a0The trick was talking to a real person! \u00a0I&#8217;m not a big fan of those automated, talking to a machine and going through the menu a zillion times. \u00a0Those things drive me nuts. \u00a0Fortunately, MFH is a very patient man (he has to be to be married to me 31 years!) and soldiered through.<\/p>\n<p>I am happy to report that after three hours and two drained cell phone batteries, we have power AND internet.<\/p>\n<p>YAY!!!<\/p>\n<p>We still have those nasty head colds, though. \u00a0Hahaha!!!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the little things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First things first, I&#8217;d like to introduce you to my new BFF: Both MFH (My Favorite Husband) and I have the head cold from h____. \u00a0This is a doozie! \u00a0Can&#8217;t remember the last time I&#8217;ve felt this bad. 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