{"id":20255,"date":"2013-06-08T22:21:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T22:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=20255"},"modified":"2013-06-08T22:21:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T22:21:16","slug":"day-159-playing-the-waiting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/08\/day-159-playing-the-waiting-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 159: Playing The Waiting Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had this post written in my head all day. I knew exactly what I was going to write. And then, the thing I was going to blog about didn&#8217;t &#8211; hasn&#8217;t &#8211; happened yet. Still, that solves tomorrow&#8217;s problem.<\/p>\n<p>Still, a productive day. Just not doing what I wanted or needed. I really shouldn&#8217;t spend the days working, I know that isn&#8217;t good for me. And yet I feel very guilty when I don&#8217;t get anything done. Tomorrow will be busy, but that&#8217;s a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Canadian Grand Prix\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canadian_Grand_Prix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Canadian Grand Prix<\/a> tomorrow. The grid is a little mixed up. Hopefully the weather will help create an interesting race. Although hopefully nothing like <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Robert Kubica\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Kubica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Robert Kubica<\/a>&#8216;s horrific 2007 accident will happen this year.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kubica_crash.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Kubica's violent crash at the 2007 Canadian Gr...\" alt=\"Kubica's violent crash at the 2007 Canadian Gr...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Kubica_crash.jpg?resize=203%2C152\" width=\"203\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kubica&#8217;s violent crash at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anyway, since I&#8217;ve spent most of the day waiting, I have nothing much to write about.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; 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