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They only half-filled my bag of onion rings, and one of the strips was smaller than my thumb. Everything tasted great too, which made it all the more disappointing. We ended up going to Harp&#8217;s afterward where I picked up some beer and a couple taquitos from the deli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the afternoon dragged on until the last little bit that went by quickly. We got home and the girls were chatting on the couch. I was going to sit down with Summer for some leftovers, but had developed a stomach ache that took me away from that. I ended up eating the rest of my pot pie, which I think made me feel a little bad in the evening. My blood pressure was high, but I think I was also a bit dehydrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My knee felt much better, but I still didn&#8217;t feel well enough to take Muad&#8217;Dib for a ride, so I just wound down an hour earlier in the hopes that better sleep would help the overall wellness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>balance<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a really rough start this morning after a painful night of sleeping around a bum knee. 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