{"id":106,"date":"2006-01-01T02:35:42","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T10:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsholmes31.wordpress.com\/2006\/01\/01\/happy-new-year"},"modified":"2006-01-01T02:35:42","modified_gmt":"2006-01-01T10:35:42","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2006\/01\/happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"msgcns!6C72B8E39DF8C4E1!526\" class=\"bvMsg\">\n<div>Well, 2005 is over. It was quite the year.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Lost 70 pounds over 7 months.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Led a new project at work.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Got cancer.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Led a different new project at work.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Tore all the tendons in my ankle.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Went through chemotherapy.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Fell in love.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Hurricane in my hometown.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Bought a condo.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Moved into my new condo.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Got zapped with radiation.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Cancer gone (we hope for good).<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Nuts. Hopefully 2006 isn&#8217;t nearly as eventful.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Random fact: Medical providers charged my insurance $66,713.43 during 2005.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, 2005 is over. It was quite the year. \u00a0 Lost 70 pounds over 7 months. \u00a0 Led a new project at work. \u00a0 Got cancer. \u00a0 Led a different new project at work. \u00a0 Tore all the tendons in my ankle. \u00a0 Went through chemotherapy. \u00a0 Fell in love. \u00a0 Hurricane in my hometown. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2006\/01\/happy-new-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy New Year<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-wellness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3ictG-1I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102,"url":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2005\/10\/condo-search-complete\/","url_meta":{"origin":106,"position":0},"title":"Condo search complete","author":"john","date":"October 19, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I've found a condo I love and I'm buying it. I'll upload some pictures I've taken soon, but for now that link to the listing will have to suffice. \u00a0 It's\u00a0at 1406 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, which is a\u00a0super urban neighborhood, yet it feels very private inside. It's got\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 5 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 5 comments","link":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2005\/10\/condo-search-complete\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":105,"url":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2005\/12\/long-time-no-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":106,"position":1},"title":"Long time, no post","author":"john","date":"December 10, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Yeah. Well, I've been busy. But now I've got some time -- I'm taking the rest of 2005 off of work to stay at home, hang out with friends, get my condo set up, etc. For now, a quick update: \u00a0 Went to Vegas for Ed's wedding reception. 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They basically strap me down in a Hannibal Lechter mask, attached to a board I lie\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health and wellness&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health and wellness","link":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/category\/health-and-wellness\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101,"url":"http:\/\/www.forawesome.net\/blog\/2005\/10\/chemo-done-we-hope\/","url_meta":{"origin":106,"position":3},"title":"Chemo done (we hope)","author":"john","date":"October 15, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"This past Friday was hopefully my last dose of chemo. It was the 6th total dose and the end of my 3rd cycle. 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