{"id":5724,"date":"2019-04-20T23:42:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T23:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2019-04-28T02:11:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T02:11:36","slug":"grounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=5724","title":{"rendered":"GROUNDED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PostOp.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5725\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?attachment_id=5725\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PostOp.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554978099&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PostOp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PostOp.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PostOp.jpg?fit=604%2C453\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5725\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PostOp.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PostOp.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PostOp.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mangled my arm recently, which is why I finally have time to blog, albeit slowly, with one hand, the left. Suddenly I&#8217;m a southpaw and stranded since I can&#8217;t drive either. Survived a long winter of cold and flu viruses, snow days, then, bam! Only thought I was in the clear. Freak accident. I was sitting on the floor, leaning on a folding chair when it suddenly collapsed, crushing my forearm. Ouch! It\u2019s the same radius I broke in a horrific car crash as a teenager. Surgery was required again, this time to remove the metal pin used to set it way back when and replace it with lighter, stainless steel hardware. I got an upgrade! I&#8217;ve\u00a0been in a lot of pain and off work for a minimum of 6-8 weeks according to my orthopedic surgeon Dr. Frank. Being self-employed I am not eligible for EI or such benefits. I&#8217;m currently subsisting on meager savings which will run out soon. Dear friend Thesa is kindly setting up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/manage\/heather-haleyhelp-for-a-wounded-poet\">GoFundMe<\/a> campaign. There is hope. There is always hope.<\/p>\n<p>And wings. Flight.\u00a0 I am grateful to my fellow avian afficionados across the street that hang both songbird and hummingbird feeders. Once again I have a use for my binoculars. Such a lovely distraction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mangled my arm recently, which is why I finally have time to blog, albeit slowly, with one hand, the left. Suddenly I&#8217;m a southpaw and stranded since I can&#8217;t drive either. Survived a long winter of cold and flu viruses, snow days, then, bam! Only thought I was in the clear. Freak accident. I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5731,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions\/5731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}