{"id":238,"date":"2013-10-07T03:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=238"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:41:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:41:53","slug":"a-little-of-this-and-a-little-of-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"A Little of This and a Little of That"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Our young man is getting all grown up. I used to call him SuperPizzaBoy. It doesn&#8217;t seem to quite fit any more. He is growing into a young man. I&#8217;ll have to think of a new nickname for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10110388686\/\" title=\"IMG_6448 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6448\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10110388686_f22b8d1bd0-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(He is kind of handsome I think.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He is a busy guy. A sophomore in high school now. He also does chess club and the lego club at school and singing lessons, and other stuff also. He has a full schedule so he has to budget his time to make sure that everything is done. This past weekend is a good example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10110306314\/\" title=\"IMG_6441 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6441\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10110306314_8b5dd205b8-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(Around and around we go. If the weather is good he rides outside, which is much nicer)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He has to get up early, get dressed, have breakfast and after a fast stop at Starbucks we drive 36 miles one way to therapeutic horseback riding. He has come a long way and is getting more comfortable all the time with his horse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10110431393\/\" title=\"IMG_6447 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6447\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10110431393_7214c89428-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(He has a great sense of humor, most of the time.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We drive back into town and then he changes, has lunch and then we head to his weekly Improv Comedy class. This past weekend was a double dose as he had to go back in the evening for their first show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10110274274\/\" title=\"IMG_6462 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6462\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10110274274_607f9c4107-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He loves improv and is pretty good at it. I&#8217;d find it really tough. There are guidelines to improv but you really have to be on your toes and think fast. Two things nobody has ever accused me of doing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10110373906\/\" title=\"IMG_6458 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6458\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10110373906_f842e848b7-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(Take a bow kids for a job well done. The adult leaders also, talk about a handful!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The show was great. Many of the kids have been together for several years. They are really a lively and energetic bunch and can be very funny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10122831543\/\" title=\"Fun with #geometry by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fun with #geometry\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10122831543_d8515ed751-300x300.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(Poor kid, he has a Dad who just has to try all the <a href=\"http:\/\/hipstamaticapp.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hipstamatic\">Hipstamatic<\/a> combos)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Today, we got up and went to church. After lunch son had some homework to do. He doesn&#8217;t find geometry near as much fun as I do, but he is getting good at writing papers for his English class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10129497616\/\" title=\"IMG_6482 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6482\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10129497616_70f3138bcf-300x168.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(How much farther Dad! About 20 minutes Son! That&#8217;s what you said 20 minutes ago!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And then for a little outside time. We ventured up north Tulsa to Oxley Nature Center and hiked the Northern Woods loop for an hour and a half to get a little fresh air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10129416106\/\" title=\"IMG_6491 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6491\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10129416106_c7766b197a-300x168.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(How come teenagers don&#8217;t like lily pads?)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He doesn&#8217;t like near as much as his old man does but he indulged me<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10129497393\/\" title=\"IMG_6489 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6489\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10129497393_e02b74325f-300x168.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(They don&#8217;t like the sun shining through trees either)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We saw a deer and enjoyed the silence. We didn&#8217;t see anybody else the whole time we were there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10129542613\/\" title=\"IMG_6484 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6484\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10129542613_1bfa2e7fa7-300x168.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/>(Poor kid, his Dad dresses like such a dork.)<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And then home, and some video game time, dinner, a chore or two and the day is used up.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He is a busy guy and his Mom and I are really proud of him.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/zemified_e.png\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our young man is getting all grown up. I used to call him SuperPizzaBoy. It doesn&#8217;t seem to quite fit any more. He is growing into a young man. I&#8217;ll have to think of a new nickname for him. (He is kind of handsome I think.) He is a busy guy. A sophomore in high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,312,41,313,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hiking","category-improv","category-school","category-superpizzaboy","category-therapeutic-horseback-riding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}