{"id":654,"date":"2013-10-10T00:14:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T00:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2021-04-26T22:27:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:27:45","slug":"the-best-laid-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/10\/the-best-laid-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"The best-laid plans&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday I told you that I would be traveling to close on our old house while Peggy stayed in Austin and continued the unpacking process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not so fast, my friend&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closing went off without a hitch. If you have never sold a home, it is important to note that closings are much easier when you are selling a house &#8212;\u00a0way less stuff to sign. I was in, done and out in about twenty-five minutes. Six hours of driving for twenty-five minutes, but it was well worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Peggy received a phone call from the director of the place where her Mom lives. She told\u00a0Peggy that Mary was sick. More importantly, she told her, &#8220;If this was my mother I would be on my way to Dallas.&#8221; Needless to say, Peggy left immediately to head to Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Peggy arrived, Mary was having difficulty&nbsp;breathing. Peggy took her to the doctor who almost immediately admitted her to the hospital. They&#8217;re not completely sure yet&nbsp;what is happening but it is serious. She will likely be in the hospital for a few days. Peggy is worried about&nbsp;missing my birthday on Saturday. I&nbsp;asked her how many times we have ever celebrated on the actual day?&nbsp;Mary is much more important than my birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I am spending the third night in our new home by myself. Not exactly, with two cats and a dog, but you know what I mean. I am not feeling sorry for myself, especially with Peggy sleeping on a hospital cot in Dallas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a side note, Allie is enjoying being an apartment dog so far. She absolutely loves the fact that we have to take her on a walk for her to go to the bathroom. They have a dog park here on the premises, but I have not been brave enough to let her off the leash if other dogs are in the park. I&#8217;m pretty sure she thinks she is the star of the show in our new location.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I told you that I would be traveling to close on our old house while Peggy stayed in Austin and continued the unpacking process. Not so fast, my friend&#8230; The closing went off without a hitch. If you have never sold a home, it is important to note that closings are much easier when &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/10\/the-best-laid-plans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The best-laid plans&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1255,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/1255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}