{"id":11056,"date":"2008-10-08T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/08\/dakota-rain-fall"},"modified":"2008-10-08T05:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T10:17:00","slug":"dakota-rain-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2008\/10\/08\/dakota-rain-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakota. Rain. Fall."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/1yranniver220.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254726485172589810\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/todayslegacy.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/255dc-1yranniver220.jpg?w=300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Well it&#8217;s been a week and she&#8217;s been quite <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">tolerant<\/span> of my extra lovings (in fact I think she likes it all the more). I do miss Cheddar, but I had closure so that really helps. I haven&#8217;t cried in a week. But I&#8217;m no longer concerned about crying. (yes, Robin&#8230; I did just say that.) I just take it as it comes. Oh but did I mention that I missed him cause I do.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two mornings I&#8217;ve woken up before my alarm clock and felt semi-rested. Jackie, a friend, has been having contractions just not close enough <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_1\">together<\/span> yet to bring their daughter into the world. She&#8217;s hoping come Sunday (her deceased mother&#8217;s birthday) she&#8217;ll have a good reason not to be sitting in the familiar pews. I&#8217;m looking forward to her and her family&#8217;s new addition. &#8220;<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_2\">This&#8217;ll<\/span> be you in a few months,&#8221; she has said throughout this journey. She&#8217;s such a  sweet woman and her husband could not be more thrilled about the upcoming birth of his fourth little girl. <\/p>\n<p>Things have just been trucking along here. I&#8217;ve been doing more cooking and my end of the deal when it comes to loading the dishwasher (trying to put on the illusion that we&#8217;re trying around here). Matt and I bathed the puppy last night so this morning she is good and squeaky clean and soft&#8230; for the morning rain that she refuses to pee in.<\/p>\n<p>Rain seems fitting today. I welcome the mellowness it brings.<\/p>\n<p>I was talking to the baby yesterday while in the car (yes, I look crazy). I had forgotten that the baby could hear the outside world for a few weeks and figured I&#8217;d flex the insanity to say &#8220;I love you.&#8221; Opened my eyes a little more to a reality that Matt and I are going to be riding in a few months. Family has taken on so much in trying to plan to care for someone we&#8217;ve never known and yet have always known how to care for. Again, it&#8217;s like a huge guessing game and little one hasn&#8217;t even showed their face yet. We&#8217;re so excited at the idea of ruining <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_3\">another&#8217;s<\/span> life (just kidding). But it still feels surreal sometimes, despite the strong kicks, flips, and protruding belly.<\/p>\n<p>Fall has arrived. Thanks be to God. how I love the fall. The nip has returned to the air. Pumpkin this, pumpkin that and the fall festivities are in full float. Corn mazes and all. I just love the fall. I can&#8217;t explain it. It&#8217;s just so awesome even though we don&#8217;t really participate in the typical fall activities too frequently. It&#8217;s just such a wonderful season of beautiful death (I&#8217;m talking about the leaves here). =) Yes, indeed, fall is to be thankful for. (<span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_4\">Thankful<\/span> enough to end a sentence in a preposition. &#8211; that one&#8217;s for Robin.) <\/p>\n<p>Okay&#8230; better finish rambling and get ready for another &#8220;office day&#8221; filled with &#8220;office stuff&#8221; and then real life can happen.  =)<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your day today, all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well it&#8217;s been a week and she&#8217;s been quite tolerant of my extra lovings (in fact I think she likes it all the more). I do miss Cheddar, but I had closure so that really helps. I haven&#8217;t cried in a week. But I&#8217;m no longer concerned about crying. (yes, Robin&#8230; I did just say&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2008\/10\/08\/dakota-rain-fall\/#more-11056\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}