{"id":23627,"date":"2018-04-06T02:31:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T06:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=23627"},"modified":"2018-04-06T02:31:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T06:31:42","slug":"erma-bombeck-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=23627","title":{"rendered":"Erma Bombeck-ian"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m too lazy to google it so here\u2019s hoping the sieve that is my memory is right. Wasn\u2019t it Erma Bombeck who said when you look like your passport photo it\u2019s tine to go home? I think that\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

What does it mean when you catch yourself in the mirror of the airplane\u2019s lavatory and see your temples have finally gone grey? And seemingly in the last few weeks?<\/p>\n

And what does it mean that your flight crew is so possessive and clingy that even though it\u2019s a new plane… and it\u2019s been eight years since United and Continental merged, that a flight attendant brings his or her own branded locker to the galley? \u00a0For one thing, you DO NOT open that door.<\/p>\n

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And then there\u2019s the second layover airport that has a good number of power outlets in the terminal gate… except they are NOT to be used with hair dryers. \u00a0If you hand carry your hair dryer does that have to come out of your bag at security?<\/p>\n

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Blah blah blah. \u00a0I\u2019m jet lagged delirious and just posting in a fog of underslept date-line crossing confusion.<\/p>\n

Maybe\u00a0it\u2019s because I can\u2019t figure out if I\u2019ve messed up my schedule and will wind up missing the marathon.<\/p>\n

My brain hurts. This was posted yesterday… and it claims there\u2019s two days until race day… yet it says packet pickup starts *tomorrow* on April 6th.<\/p>\n

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Discounting date lines and time shifts and everything, that still means ostensibly it would be three days until race day, right? To the best of my understanding, I arrive Friday night in Guam… so pick up on Saturday for the (gulp) 3 am start on Sunday morning should still work. Right? Ugh! Time zones!<\/p>\n

No wonder I\u2019m going grey. \u00a0Can\u2019t be that the years are catching up, the wrinkles on my face more telling than rings inside a tree\u2019s trunk.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t be that.<\/p>\n

When\u00a0you look and feel your age, what does that mean, Ms Bombeck? \u00a0Where\u2019s your pithy musings on life when I need them?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m too lazy to google it so here\u2019s hoping the sieve that is my memory is right. Wasn\u2019t it Erma Bombeck who said when you look like your passport photo it\u2019s tine to go home? I think that\u2019s right. What does it mean when you catch yourself in the mirror of the airplane\u2019s lavatory and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}