{"id":422,"date":"2024-11-19T04:59:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2024-11-19T04:59:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:59:35","slug":"night-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/?p=422","title":{"rendered":"Night Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s time to revive old hobbies. So here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So much time has passed that I don&#8217;t even know how to use these WordPress features. How aging slows down my adoption of new technology is humbling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m a father now. The best word I can use to describe it is &#8220;surreal&#8221;, especially because I never thought it would happen. I think about my mother often. She would have been obsessed with this adorable baby boy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nights are long but there is a certain freedom in staying up late watching him, knowing that there isn&#8217;t anything else more important in my world. That kind of conviction (that I&#8217;m undoubtedly spending my time where it&#8217;s most needed) is a rare feeling. It&#8217;s been over a decade since I&#8217;ve kept these hours, but this taste of night owl life is intoxicating. I&#8217;ve binged more shows than I can remember, spent hours texting friends overseas, and made several ill-advised 2 a.m. purchases. My susceptibility to targeted ads increases significantly after midnight. On the plus side, the Levi&#8217;s McLaren jean jacket does look great on me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The baby is stirring. Time to get him a snack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time to revive old hobbies. So here we are. So much time has passed that I don&#8217;t even know how to use these WordPress features. How aging slows down my adoption of new technology is humbling. I&#8217;m a father now. The best word I can use to describe it is &#8220;surreal&#8221;, especially because I&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/?p=422\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.josephweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}