{"id":9874,"date":"2015-06-30T08:33:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=9874"},"modified":"2015-06-30T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T12:35:57","slug":"choices-for-my-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=9874","title":{"rendered":"Choices for My Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like most people, I have a long list of activities to do when I am on my own time outside of work.  For this blog and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">my website<\/a>, the list is growing longer.<\/p>\n<p>But I am not being compulsive about it.  Instead, I&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;am choosing to spend quality time with my spouse.  Even if the time is just watching a movie, TV, or sitting in the backyard gazebo and watching the frogs in our pond play, I find that &#8220;just chillin&#8221; with the man I love is more important to me than other things that I could be doing, like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Answering email immediately.  I&#8217;ll get to it, but maybe not today.<\/li>\n<li>Cropping and sizing hundreds of photos that I took at the recent police motorcycle riding competition.<\/li>\n<li>Editing the code on each and every page of my website to make it more mobile-friendly.  I&#8217;ll be ding-danged to pay someone to do it.  It will get done, eventually.<\/li>\n<li>Thinking of topics to write about on this blog, having written so much already and feeling that I am being repetitive.<\/li>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rebel1-206x300.jpg?resize=206%2C300\" alt=\"Rebel1\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rebel1.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rebel1.jpg?resize=300%2C438&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rebel1.jpg?resize=103%2C150&amp;ssl=1 103w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Rebel1.jpg?w=436&amp;ssl=1 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Taking photos of six pairs of boots that have arrived over the past several months.<\/li>\n<li>Describing what happened to six pairs of boots that I no longer own. (Equal swap of storage space).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then there is the unending home fix-it &#8220;honey-do&#8221; list in my spouse&#8217;s head.  These tasks must be worked in sometime!<\/p>\n<p>I very much need\/want a vacation.  However, since my spouse cannot travel, even by car, and I do not want to be away in a fun place without him, I find things to do at home.<\/p>\n<p>I am riding my Harley more often, weather permitting.  With the wettest June in the DC area since 1972, the riding has been reduced.  But I am commuting to work and riding occasionally with my club, as well as with my cousin and some other unaffiliated buddies.  <\/p>\n<p>So much for the mundane update from BHD-land.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  spend time with those you love.  The computer\/smartphone can wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like most people, I have a long list of activities to do when I am on my own time outside of work. 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