{"id":524,"date":"2008-05-03T02:35:03","date_gmt":"2008-05-03T06:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=524"},"modified":"2008-05-03T02:35:43","modified_gmt":"2008-05-03T06:35:43","slug":"heading-to-the-big-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=524","title":{"rendered":"Heading to the Big City"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have always taken an airplane when I travel if at all possible.\u00c2\u00a0 This time, I am driving to NYC to pick up my son and his belongings.\u00c2\u00a0 I set out on this adventure early Sunday morning. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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About eight hours later\u00c2\u00a0I will reach my friends, Mike and Missys\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, home near Washington.\u00c2\u00a0 There I will visit with them, spend the night, and leave the next morning for NYC. I have never been to their home but have been to that part of the world before…particularly Manassas. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a part of the world rich in history.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I love driving and consider myself an assertive driver.\u00c2\u00a0 I understand I will really need all those skills as I drive down the NJ Turnpike and into the city.\u00c2\u00a0 Part of me is a little intimidated by the thought of it.\u00c2\u00a0 The other part of me is excited to meet the challenge…especially with a South Carolina license tag on the car.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure to have stories to tell. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had planned on renting a hotel room in Brooklyn for the night.\u00c2\u00a0 My son and his friends had different thoughts. They want me to stay with them so I will be staying with a bunch of young men in their place.\u00c2\u00a0 That, too, should be interesting. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Monday evening we go to hear \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Paul Simon and Philip Glass: A Conversation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then he wants to take me into the city for a bit of night life. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bring your walking shoes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 He said.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting too old for this…<\/span><\/p>\n

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My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you step out of your comfort zone a bit when the time is right.\u00c2\u00a0 Be safe, but be bold and experience life to the fullest.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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~ Joellen<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have always taken an airplane when I travel if at all possible.\u00c2\u00a0 This time, I am driving to NYC to pick up my son and his belongings.\u00c2\u00a0 I set out on this adventure early Sunday morning. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-events","category-living-life-to-the-fullest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}