{"id":62960,"date":"2022-06-23T10:46:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=62960"},"modified":"2022-06-24T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:52:36","slug":"girls-night-out-its-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=62960","title":{"rendered":"Girls Night Out (It&#8217;s Thursday)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Fact: The Term &#8220;Working Lunch&#8221; Is Kind of an Oxymoron!\u00a0 <\/strong>One of the most counterintuitive ways to undo a productive morning is to try to power through to the afternoon without a break.\u00a0 Research from the University of California-Davis found that when we skip lunch and try to push on with thought-intensive tasks, we actually hinder our performance since not having lunch can exhaust our cognitive capacity.\u00a0 Think of your growling stomach as a spokesperson for your brain, which badly needs a rest.\u00a0 You won&#8217;t lose momentum, we promise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The day began with us in the swim spa at 5:58 AM!\u00a0 We listened to the roosters get up, gargle, and start their morning routine.\u00a0 I remember last Easter morning\u00a0 when the rooster was strutting around the hen house and came across a nest of eggs dyed every color of the rainbow. The rooster took one look at the colorful display, ran outside, and beat the heck out of the resident peacock.<\/p>\n<p>We were ready to go at 10:00 AM, so we stopped by and saw Jan bringing her some goodies!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-62960-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jan-in-motion.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jan-in-motion.mp4\">http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/jan-in-motion.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>After a short visit, we went to The Boot Barn and returned my new western shirt; the darned thing lost a snap, and I only wore it once!\u00a0 We fought the Boot Barn online computer until we gave up in utter frustration.\u00a0 There ought to be a policy: do not let anyone over 50 stand in front of the computer.<\/p>\n<p>I spotted a Hallicrafter S-94 Civic Patrol 30-50Mhz receiver on the way out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62963\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62963\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62963\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-001-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-001-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-001-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-001-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I had one of these in the mid-1950s!\u00a0 We could listen to police and other VHF frequencies.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now we are off to the Santa Ana Elks Lodge for Girls Night Out.\u00a0 Paul was a good boy and had a wonderful salad, and Mary ate grass also.\u00a0 George talked to Colleen and they reconnected after George dumped his drink into the keyboard and everything shorted out.\u00a0 <strong>POOF!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62964\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62964\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62964\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-002-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-002-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-002-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-002-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-23-002-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-62964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The gang showed up, and we had a ball!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We ran by the market before going home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62968\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pix-4820-650x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pix-4820-650x474.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pix-4820-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pix-4820-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pix-4820.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Returning home, we worked around the house until about 6:00 PM, when we watched TV.\u00a0 It was a nice slow day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: The Term &#8220;Working Lunch&#8221; 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