{"id":3900,"date":"2016-09-23T14:54:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3900"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:05","slug":"the-kid-brought-home-the-plague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/the-kid-brought-home-the-plague\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kid brought home the plague"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kid brought home the plague. That’s the only explanation.<\/p>\n

Everyone’s been sick, so it should be no surprise that I finally succumbed to the coughing, running nose, fever, chills, and general misery of whatever the Kid brought home from school.<\/p>\n

I’m hopeful though, that I’ll throw it off before Monday. My immune system is healthy and this cold doesn’t seem too strong.<\/p>\n

Still, my head feels like it’s full of mashed potatoes. Ugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kid brought home the plague. That’s the only explanation. Everyone’s been sick, so it should be no surprise that I finally succumbed to the coughing, running nose, fever, chills, and general misery of whatever the Kid brought home from school. I’m hopeful though, that I’ll throw it off before Monday. My immune system is…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> The Kid brought home the plague<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-kindled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-10U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2837,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/crime-punishment-writing\/","url_meta":{"origin":3900,"position":0},"title":"Crime, punishment, writing","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"December 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report and they really get me to start thinking. 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