{"id":5829,"date":"2011-12-08T05:22:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T10:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/?p=5829"},"modified":"2011-12-08T05:22:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T10:22:08","slug":"an-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/an-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"An Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t believe in apologizing for not posting. I\u2019ve come to realize that if I don\u2019t have anything to write about, it\u2019s better to just not write. That said, I do have some things I could be writing about, I just haven\u2019t had a chance, for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m trying to decide what to get my Secret Santa at work (I\u2019m open to suggestions!)<\/li>\n<li>We were fighting with UPS trying to get them to deliver at a time when we\u2019re actually home<\/li>\n<li>Most of my mental energy is being used to develop my Christmas cookie list for the year<\/li>\n<li>I had a grad school class yesterday afternoon, which pretty much killed my Wednesday<\/li>\n<li>My teaching is being observed today<\/li>\n<li>We spent Sunday driving to and from the other side of Massachusetts so we could pick up my car (and it\u2019s new rear windshield!)<\/li>\n<li>Brian is getting over some sort of flu and I\u2019m doing everything I can to avoid getting it myself<\/li>\n<li>I was discovering just how flat a frittata I could make (the answer: very)<\/li>\n<li>We bought ourselves a new toy and we\u2019ve been trying to figure it out (more about that later!)<\/li>\n<li>I was monitoring the weather forecast to see if school was going to be cancelled today (it appears that the answer is no)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I remain optimistic that next week will be less busy than this one, and that I will get my actual post for tomorrow completed.\u00a0 Enjoy your Thursday!<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.89'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>Related Posts<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:125px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/highlights-happy-first-day-of-spring\/\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 125px;height:90px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('https:\/\/www.relishments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_3913-150x150.jpg') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 125px;height:90px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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