{"id":178,"date":"2018-06-01T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T21:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midlifecrices.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:00:01","slug":"nooooo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midlifecrices.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Nooooo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So all was going swimmingly, diet is fine, mother recovering nicely, walking dogs with step tracker, managing to work and even coping with us all living in separate places.<\/p>\n<p>Until today; Kurt will probably not be ready until NOVEMBER! 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