{"id":229,"date":"2017-12-01T12:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/01\/december-plansrunning-away\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T23:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T23:24:46","slug":"december-plansrunning-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/01\/december-plansrunning-away\/","title":{"rendered":"December Plans\/\/Running Away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I want to run away.<\/p>\n

I want to run away from stress and anxieties and problems I can’t solve because,\u00a0heaven knows, this year has been filled with all of those things.<\/p>\n

I want to stop worrying about my kids and health issues and all the nonsense that wakes me up at 2:00 a.m. and doesn’t let me get back to sleep.<\/p>\n

I want my husband to relax and enjoy life for a little bit.<\/p>\n

I want to forget that even if I run away I will have to come back and deal with it all again.<\/p>\n

I want to pretend for just a little while that everything is under control and manageable, that the mountains are really molehills instead of the other way around.<\/p>\n

I want to have a bit of time to put life in perspective, to look at things from a distance and see how, in the grand scheme of things, nothing is too earth-shakingly terrible and we will all survive.<\/p>\n

I want to sit in coffee shops and wander through bookstores and ignore the passing of time.<\/p>\n

I want to put down the burdens for just a little bit so I can pick them up again with renewed strength.<\/p>\n

I want a chance to remember that many of the things that bring me stress also bring me joy.<\/p>\n

I want to spend time with my husband.<\/p>\n

I want my kids to have fun with their grandparents before my son grows up so much that a week at their house no longer fits into his schedule.<\/p>\n

I want to go somewhere familiar and easy and stress-free. Now is not the time for new adventures and new experiences.<\/p>\n

I want to go to London because sometimes escaping into another life and another country for just a little bit is the only way to gain the strength to continue dealing with the stress and the anxieties and the problems.<\/p>\n

I want to remember that life is to be enjoyed. It is not just a list of chores and responsibilities to be checked off.<\/p>\n

I want to end this year on a high as a counterbalance to the plethora of lows.<\/p>\n

I want to run away to London. So that is what we are going to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I want to run away. I want to run away from stress and anxieties and problems I can’t solve because,\u00a0heaven knows, this year has been filled with all of those things. I want to stop worrying about my kids and health issues and all the nonsense that wakes me up at 2:00 a.m. and doesn’t let me get back to sleep. I want my husband to relax and enjoy life for a little bit. I want to forget that even if I run away I will have to come back and deal with it all again. I want to pretend for just a little while that everything is under control and manageable, that the mountains are really molehills instead of the other way around. I want to have a bit of time to put life in perspective, to look at things from a distance and see how, in the grand scheme of things, nothing is too earth-shakingly terrible and we will all survive. I want to sit in coffee shops and wander through bookstores and ignore the passing of time. I want to put down the burdens for just a little bit so I can pick them up again with renewed strength. I want a chance to remember that many of the things that bring me stress also bring me joy. I want to spend time with my husband. I want my kids to have fun with their grandparents before my son grows up so much that a week at their house no longer fits into his schedule. I want to go somewhere familiar and easy and stress-free. Now is not the time for new adventures and new experiences. I want to go to London because sometimes escaping into another life and another country for just a little bit is the only way to gain the strength to continue dealing with the stress and the anxieties and the problems. I want to remember that life is to be enjoyed. It is not just a list of chores and responsibilities to be checked off. I want to end this year on a high as a counterbalance to the plethora of lows. I want to run away to London. So that is what we are going to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-lately","category-london"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2693,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions\/2693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}