{"id":2358,"date":"2012-08-02T11:23:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T18:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2012-08-02T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T18:23:21","slug":"taken-by-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2358","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;taken by the wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/7699380832\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7261\/7699380832_0c5793ab4e.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/7699380832\/\">ipaint.<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/\">Random and Odd<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n\tI am covered in paint.  You would think only two colors wouldn&#8217;t be that messy, but it took me an hour to clean up and I am still digging paint out of my nails.<\/p>\n<p>Lately I have been obsessed with birds. Well, it&#8217;s been since I started skydiving that the obsession started, but now if it&#8217;s an owl or a bird&#8230;I am trying to figure out a logical reason to take it home.<br \/>\nNow that I am designing a new place, I wanted to make sure that the birds had a spot in my new life.   I found a picture in World Mart that looked something like this and I took a picture of it so I can reproduce it.  The cost of the canvas to have this as one picture would have been too much money so I decided to break it up into 3 pictures. It cost me 10 bucks for the canvases and 2 bucks for the paint.  The one in World Mart was 88.<\/p>\n<p>Now I am debating paint color for the walls.  I was hell bent on this blue paint, but now I am thinking a soft creme color would go better with the rugs and couches.<br \/>\nYes, I decided to go with rugs instead of dark carpet.  Cost and drama has put my grand plan on hold until everyone is a bit calmer about changes.<\/p>\n<p>I gave my 30 day notice yesterday so there is no turning back now.  I&#8217;m still a bit freaked out.  The girls start school the 4 days before the move and I am uncertain on how to pull it all off.  I&#8217;m not worried about the packing because in the last couple of years I have gotten pretty good at packing up other people&#8217;s shit and my own and getting it into a tight space.  What I am worried most about is those quiet moments I cherish. Not feeling like I have to talk or entertain someone. Those days when leaving out the coffee cup and lounging in my PJ&#8217;s is all I want to do.  Not having anyone ask me to drive somewhere or asking if I want to go anywhere.  I don&#8217;t want to feel guilty for just wanting to be left alone. It&#8217;s amazing how 3 glorious years of being single can alter ones DNA when it comes to freedom of being alone.<br \/>\nI know I shouldn&#8217;t be freaking out too much, I am in love with a man who values the same things. He has his shop he can play in and I will have my stu-stu-studio.<\/p>\n<p>This is a whole new chapter in my book of life and I will get through this if I can remember to breath, know I am loved and not worry so much about it.  I worry though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ipaint., originally uploaded by Random and Odd. I am covered in paint. You would think only two colors wouldn&#8217;t be that messy, but it took me an hour to clean up and I am still digging paint out of my nails. Lately I have been obsessed with birds. Well, it&#8217;s been since I started skydiving that the obsession started, but now if it&#8217;s an owl or a bird&#8230;I am trying to figure out a logical reason to take it home. Now that I am designing a new place, I wanted to make sure that the birds had a spot in my new life. I found a picture in World Mart that looked something like this and I took a picture of it so I can reproduce it. The cost of the canvas to have this as one picture would have been too much money so I decided to break it up into 3 pictures. It cost me 10 bucks for the canvases and 2 bucks for the paint. The one in World Mart was 88. Now I am debating paint color for the walls. I was hell bent on this blue paint, but now I am thinking a soft creme color would go better with the rugs and couches. Yes, I decided to go with rugs instead of dark carpet. Cost and drama has put my grand plan on hold until everyone is a bit calmer about changes. I gave my 30 day notice yesterday so there is no turning back now. I&#8217;m still a bit freaked out. The girls start school the 4 days before the move and I am uncertain on how to pull it all off. I&#8217;m not worried about the packing because in the last couple of years I have gotten pretty good at packing up other people&#8217;s shit and my own and getting it into a tight space. What I am worried most about is those quiet moments I cherish. Not feeling like I have to talk or entertain someone. Those days when leaving out the coffee cup and lounging in my PJ&#8217;s is all I want to do. Not having anyone ask me to drive somewhere or asking if I want to go anywhere. I don&#8217;t want to feel guilty for just wanting to be left alone. It&#8217;s amazing how 3 glorious years of being single can alter ones DNA when it comes to freedom of being alone. I know I shouldn&#8217;t be freaking out too much, I am in love with a man who values the same things. He has his shop he can play in and I will have my stu-stu-studio. This is a whole new chapter in my book of life and I will get through this if I can remember to breath, know I am loved and not worry so much about it. I worry though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}