{"id":3382,"date":"2026-08-03T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asberry.org\/homeSite\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:32:07","slug":"vacation-state-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asberry.org\/homeSite\/?p=3382","title":{"rendered":"Vacation State of Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find myself in Rockwall today, hanging out at a Tru by Marriot and the pool that&#8217;s part of it. The room is nice and all but the AC sounds like a diesel truck, and not a well maintained one like mine but like one from Mexico. 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