{"id":175,"date":"2020-09-12T12:57:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagoodman11.wordpress.com\/?p=175"},"modified":"2020-09-12T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:57:06","slug":"the-state-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/09\/12\/the-state-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s football season and while I\u2019m ridiculously, and perhaps selfishly, excited about it, I worry about the players, coaches, and staff. COVID is still a serious problem. I know that my soccer club gets tested twice a week. I know the NFL is testing almost daily. I know very little about what the NCAA is doing to protect their young players<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These athletes love what they do. From all the social media of athletes I follow, it seems that they want to play. Good for them. I still worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, football brings with it a sense of normalcy that\u2019s lacking while I\u2019m still quarantining at home for the most part. I feel selfish for wanting them to play. In spite of it all, I was up at the crack of dawn this morning to watch my soccer team play. I\u2019ll be watching my NCAA team play tonight and my NFL team tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It makes me happy to watch them. It makes me think that maybe we might eventually get back to something resembling normal. I\u2019m thankful that the athletes, coaches, staff and referees feel that they\u2019re able to do what they love to do. I wish them the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all of that said\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go Gooners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ars-1.gif?w=400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178\" width=\"549\" height=\"307\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Guns up! Wreck \u2018em Tech!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ql8oj.gif?w=320\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-179\" width=\"543\" height=\"306\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys are going to the Super Bowl! (I start off every season with this attitude, okay? Okay.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dak1.gif?w=476\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\" width=\"565\" height=\"314\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In book news, round one of edits have been completed on book one. We\u2019re now in round two and I couldn\u2019t be happier with how the story I penned is becoming something worth reading. With each edit, it gets better and better. I\u2019m so excited about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My editor has helped me so much. Hiring him is the best decision I could have made to move me along this self-publishing journey. Worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As this is my first time going through anything like this, he\u2019s guided me with professionalism and patience. He answers every question and has taught me some tricks of the trade which I\u2019m now applying to my second completed manuscript and will continue to use in the third book that\u2019s already 15K words in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve designed a cover for the book that will be revealed soon. Now I\u2019m working on social media art to help promote the book everywhere online. It\u2019s exciting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Batman is designing a website for me that will be up and running soon. I\u2019m really lucky that I married someone who knows how to do this kind of thing and that he\u2019s willing to spend time on it for me. Very sweet, Batman. Very sweet. I owe you one\u2026 or five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, but not least, or maybe it\u2019s actually least\u2026 Facebook has given me such a headache lately (yes, they disabled me again because they don\u2019t think I\u2019m me) that I\u2019m thinking about giving up on it. As it is, you can follow my more active (and less frustrating) social media accounts on Instagram and Twitter if you\u2019d like. I\u2019d love to have you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sending love and positive vibes out into the universe. Be kind to one another, folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of <s>all<\/s> some things L.A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lagoodman.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}