last year<\/a>, and expect to have fun this year, too (and to note beforehand my “thoughts for next time” from last time).<\/p>\nOf course, it happens the night before we head off to California for a week and a half of family stuff, so the timing could be better, but I’m sure we’ll make “do” somehow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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