{"id":5518,"date":"2018-04-26T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T15:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=5518"},"modified":"2018-04-26T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T15:11:10","slug":"hiccups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2018\/04\/26\/hiccups\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiccups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That moment when<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When you get told to come back a week later with all the same documents that you already have because getting it done in one day would be &#8220;too easy&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>When you go to the tailor to pick up your clothes don&#8217;t realize until you get home that the snaps were sewn on wrong<\/li>\n<li>When you get lost going to a place you have been to plenty of times<\/li>\n<li>When your kids go in for a normal cleaning and word braces gets thrown out along with a bill of how much it will cost!<\/li>\n<li>When you make careful plan of how to get done what you need to get done in the time allotted and then sickness throws you for a loop.<\/li>\n<li>When you show up for a quick visit only to realize it was supposed to be an all day affair<\/li>\n<li>When you come home from a day away to find your trees cut down in front of your house<\/li>\n<li>When you are told your papers will be ready in a few hours and then in a few days and then in a week and all you can do is shake your head and keep coming back.<\/li>\n<li>When you get a ticket for carrying stuff on top of your car and then next day get one for carrying things inside your car.\n<figure id=\"attachment_5393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5393\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5393\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324-337x253.jpg 337w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180217_162324.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who would have known that was not allowed?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_5521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5521\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5521\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-337x253.jpg 337w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180425_122101-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Or perhaps it is only allowed for sheep<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>When you go to the bakery and it is inventory time and you have to wait 20 minutes before you can buy your one piece of bread.<\/li>\n<li>When you go to get money out only to find all the ATM&#8217;s in town out of money.<\/li>\n<li>When you go to buy black fabric and get home and realize that it is really dark brown.<\/li>\n<li>When you go at 1:30 to eat lunch at a &#8220;restaurant&#8221; only to find out the cook hasn&#8217;t shown up yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Life sure does have a lot of hiccups.\u00a0 Things that can either ruin your day or just make you shake your head and laugh.\u00a0 I wish sometimes that I was better at doing that latter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5505\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5505\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180126-WA0074-e1524754205817.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I wish I was better at just picking up my load and pressing on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5509\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5509\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180126-WA0090.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180126-WA0090.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180126-WA0090-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180126-WA0090-83x110.jpg 83w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180126-WA0090-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180126-WA0090-190x253.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At going with the flow and not letting it wear me down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5500\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009-125x70.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180127_104009.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is one skill I am learning from people here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5504\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5504\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180125-WA0010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180125-WA0010.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180125-WA0010-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180125-WA0010-83x110.jpg 83w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180125-WA0010-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/IMG-20180125-WA0010-190x253.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That hiccups will happen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5498\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5498\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180126_113527-e1524754360341-450x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180126_113527-e1524754360341.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180126_113527-e1524754360341-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180126_113527-e1524754360341-62x110.jpg 62w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180126_113527-e1524754360341-141x250.jpg 141w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180126_113527-e1524754360341-142x253.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">and that the best thing to do is to just keep pressing on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5490\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5490\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180125_100653-e1524754451908-450x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180125_100653-e1524754451908.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180125_100653-e1524754451908-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180125_100653-e1524754451908-62x110.jpg 62w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180125_100653-e1524754451908-141x250.jpg 141w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/04\/20180125_100653-e1524754451908-142x253.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not letting the hiccups or\u00a0 the size of the task wear you down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5391\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5391\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5391\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654-125x94.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654-337x253.jpg 337w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2018\/03\/20180216_181654.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And to just keep smiling on the climb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That moment when When you get told to come back a week later with all the same documents that you already have because getting it done in one day would be &#8220;too easy&#8221; When you go to the tailor to pick up your clothes don&#8217;t realize until you get home that the snaps were sewn 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