{"id":225,"date":"2014-04-16T03:15:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T10:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2014-04-16T05:56:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T12:56:45","slug":"hump-day-wednesday-how-i-burned-the-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/hump-day-wednesday\/hump-day-wednesday-how-i-burned-the-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Hump Day Wednesday: How I Burned the Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/burnt-black-rice-pot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-226\" alt=\"burnt-black-rice-pot\" src=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/burnt-black-rice-pot-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/burnt-black-rice-pot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/burnt-black-rice-pot.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Wednesday and we\u2019re halfway through the work week. Yay!<\/p>\n<p>Although for me, the work week often extends to Saturday and an occasional Sunday. But I really don\u2019t mind, because I love what I do. When I\u2019m in the middle of writing a novel, I write every day to get the story on paper and maintain the momentum.<\/p>\n<p>So how does writing relate to burning the rice? I\u2019m glad you asked. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I happen to eat a fair amount of rice. Yesterday morning I put some on to cook. While it simmered, I headed into my office to work on my current book-in-progress. I told myself, \u201cIn 45 minutes, you need to turn off the rice. Don\u2019t forget!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You see, in the past, I <i>have<\/i> forgotten a few times\u2013always a Very Bad thing. You should\u2019ve seen the hard-boiled eggs that cooked so long, the water all boiled away. So sad.<\/p>\n<p>Back to yesterday\u2019s fiasco. You can guess what happened. Yep, I was so immersed in my story that I completely forgot about the rice. The instant that awful burnt smell wafted toward me, I raced into the kitchen, scolding myself for another memory lapse. Will I never learn? Ugh, what a stinky mess. I\u2019m still soaking the poor pan.<\/p>\n<p>Darn it\u2013I know better!<\/p>\n<p>Never again, I swear. From now on, if I dare to risk cooking anything while I write, I will set a timer to remind myself to check on it.<\/p>\n<p>There, I\u2019ve posted my pledge for all to see. To share your thoughts about this, click on <strong><em>leave a reply<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Until Friday, and wishing you a middle of the week doesn\u2019t include burned rice,<\/p>\n<p><em><b>Ann<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Wednesday and we\u2019re halfway through the work week. Yay! Although for me, the work week often extends to Saturday and an occasional Sunday. But I really don\u2019t mind, because I love what I do. When I\u2019m in the middle of writing a novel, I write every day to get the story on paper and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hump-day-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}