{"id":1381,"date":"2012-02-21T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jshox.com\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2012-02-21T09:43:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T16:43:51","slug":"or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2012\/02\/21\/or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Or not."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sounded like a good idea, right?<\/p>\n

Maybe not so much. We aren’t going to do so after all.<\/p>\n

After much talking and much deliberation we decided that with how bad the job market is in PDX\u00a0& given that recently we have loaned money to my brother and then spent more when Maryia\u00a0became ill and had to see the doctor… That financially it made more sense to put it on hold.<\/p>\n

We were both kinda excited about it, but as they say …. That’s the way the cookie crumbles.<\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/p>\n

I will miss this place.<\/p>\n

\"20120221-084213.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n

just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sounded like a good idea, right? Maybe not so much. We aren’t going to do so after all. After much talking and much deliberation we decided that with how bad the job market is in PDX\u00a0& given that recently we have loaned money to my brother and then spent more when Maryia\u00a0became ill and had…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":684,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2008\/01\/25\/684\/","url_meta":{"origin":1381,"position":0},"title":"[Inter]{view}.Today was the fun day.\u2026","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"January 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"[Inter]{view}.Today was the fun day. 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