{"id":9096,"date":"2016-09-19T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/?p=9096"},"modified":"2016-09-19T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T16:57:16","slug":"empty-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=9096","title":{"rendered":"Empty Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Above &#8211; Selfie withh KJ just before she flew the coop yesterday morning.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>KJ, my good friend since 7th grade, paid us a very pleasant visit from New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>She was here for a little over two weeks, and when she wasn&#8217;t off visiting family and her close friend, Connie, we had a really good time getting to know each other a little better and, as she said, she made a new friend (Bruce!).<\/p>\n<p>A trip to Rancho&#8217;s in the golf cart&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3535.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3535.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3535-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Dinner on the deck.&nbsp;KJ&#8217;s new friend took the picture.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_4180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_4180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_4180.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_4180-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_4180-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>We met up for dinner in Mission Bay with another Jr high friend, Penny (Keenam), who traveled from Alabama to meet up with KJ.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3606.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3606.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3606-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3606-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>With our&nbsp;waiter &#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3604.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3604-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3604-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>&amp; enjoying a beautiful sunset!<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3607.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3607-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3607-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>KJ likes her sweets &#8230; This was some sort of German chocolate cake on chopsticks. Yes, I had some too.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3612.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3612-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3612-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Watching the sunset in OB.<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3644.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3644.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3644.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3644-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3644-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3643.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3643.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3643-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3643-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>KJ&#8217;s youngest son, Jamie, flew out from Chicago for a few days and had dinner with us Saturday night. Ron stopped by later &#8211; a perfect photo opportunity!<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3784.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3784.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3784.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3784-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3784-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Beautiful!<a href=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3799-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/obyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3799-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3799-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3799-1-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Blogged on Amma&#8217;s iPhone with the fondest of memories, gratitude and empty nest syndrome!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above &#8211; Selfie withh KJ just before she flew the coop yesterday morning. KJ, my good friend since 7th grade, paid us a very pleasant visit from New Zealand. She was here for a little over two weeks, and when she wasn&#8217;t off visiting family and her close friend, Connie, we had a really good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":[10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-friends"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_3798.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9096"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9121,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9096\/revisions\/9121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}