{"id":87099,"date":"2016-03-21T13:27:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T20:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-final-countdown-commences\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T09:43:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:43:16","slug":"the-final-countdown-commences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-final-countdown-commences\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Countdown Commences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/the-final-countdown-commences\/img_6520-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3303\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/img_6520-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"img_6520.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3303\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span>ne week from today, we will be in Spain. Yowza!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s odd, this countdown being the same as the countdown to Easter. It seems to give both things an even greater urgency, as if that were even possible.<\/p>\n<p>Since we volunteer in our parish, this week \u2013 Holy Week \u2013 is already pretty busy. Now add to that the fact that I am finishing up some project odds and ends at work, and that we are making our final Camino preparations, and you have one very busy week indeed!<\/p>\n<p>Walking a half-marathon every day for a month almost seems relaxing by comparison!<\/p>\n<p>(Originally posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/\">Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One week from today, we will be in Spain. Yowza! It&#8217;s odd, this countdown being the same as the countdown to Easter. It seems to give both things an even greater urgency, as if that were even possible. Since we volunteer in our parish, this week \u2013 Holy Week \u2013 is already pretty busy. Now add to that the fact [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-mEP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16268,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/six-month-countdown-begins\/","url_meta":{"origin":87099,"position":0},"title":"Six Month Countdown Begins!","author":"Thom","date":"01 October 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"God willing, six months from today I will set out on my Camino. 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The Vox Clara Committee was formed by the Congregation for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;The Sacred Liturgy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"The Sacred Liturgy","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/sacred-liturgy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24805,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-rain-in-spain\/","url_meta":{"origin":87099,"position":4},"title":"The Rain in Spain","author":"Thom","date":"10 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As you can see, I\u2019ve added a countdown calendar to the blog on the left-hand side. Right now it stands at 20 weeks! Equipment testing continues, this time with an eye towards the weather. 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