{"id":2101,"date":"2016-03-31T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2016-03-31T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T10:55:04","slug":"spring-break-and-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/2016\/03\/spring-break-and-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring break and I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a huge fan of school breaks, especially when I have coursework due and when I am suffering from a major dental problem. Today is the last day of my daughter&#8217;s spring break, technically speaking of course, because there is still two more days of weekend. We went to the beach, I tried to work a little on my essays, I took her to the indoor climbing place and we did yoga at the park.<br \/>\nOverall it was OK.This is perhaps the first break that she has had that I didn&#8217;t feel like a nervous wreck. I think it is because she is older and no longer needs constant entertaining or supervision. She reads books on her own, does a little arts and crafts and watches a show or two or plays some video games. Apart from an abscessed molar, I think everything was fun actually.<\/p>\n<p>I finished my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/jessyz\/airflow\" target=\"_blank\">Airflow Cardigan<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5501_medium2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5501_medium2\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5501_medium2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5501_medium2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5501_medium2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chocolatemintsinajar.com\/craft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_5501_medium2-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am working on a super bulky blanket for my daugter<br \/>\n<a title=\"IMG_8057\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/25544595764\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1557\/25544595764_f173e473ec.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8057\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\"\/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I cast on a washcloth today while I was sitting at the dentist&#8217;s waiting room and got all of this knit up.<br \/>\n <a title=\"Waiting room washcloth #knitting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/25544825254\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1456\/25544825254_d252c6ba01.jpg\" alt=\"Waiting room washcloth #knitting\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\"\/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I also enjoyed spending a morning at the beach.  I am enjoying this book, it is not light or easy reading, but the concepts are interesting.<br \/>\n<a title=\"I could stay at the beach forever.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/26083318631\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1550\/26083318631_c9f5ff158c.jpg\" alt=\"I could stay at the beach forever.\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\"\/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Playing tourist was fun, visiting the Kuwait towers always reminds me of my childhood.<br \/>\n <a title=\"IMG_5418\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chocolatemintsinajar\/26149668855\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1627\/26149668855_a5ab5ef5ea.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5418\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\"\/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I am glad it is over so I can get back to my routine and finish the things I need to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not a huge fan of school breaks, especially when I have coursework due and when I am suffering from a major dental problem. 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