{"id":843,"date":"2010-06-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=843"},"modified":"2016-05-11T10:41:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T14:41:21","slug":"divided-between-duty-and-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=843","title":{"rendered":"Divided Between Duty and Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">There a tune sung by Steve Wariner that talks about the responsibilities one takes on as an adult, yet feeling the urge to carry out his dreams, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, I am in that position.  I dream about visiting &#8220;Down Under&#8221; again; I dream about taking time with my partner and go away together &#8212; anywhere &#8212; just the two of us with no phones, no computer, no meetings, etc; or simply taking some time to go ride my Harley.<\/p>\n<p>None of these things are happening for various reasons.  My partner cannot travel.  I have obligations that I have taken on to care for my beloved aunt whose physical condition is deteriorating rapidly.  No time to ride.  No time to travel.  Gotta stick close to home and help.<\/p>\n<p>Life was simpler before.  Alas, this isn&#8217;t the case now.  But I feel I am exercising my calling to provide care that&#8217;s needed.  Now.  Perhaps after the situation settles with my aunt, I can climb back on the saddle of my Harley, at least.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  show those you love that you love them.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There a tune sung by Steve Wariner that talks about the responsibilities one takes on as an adult, yet feeling the urge to carry out his dreams, as well. Currently, I am in that position. I dream about visiting &#8220;Down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=843\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}