{"id":61,"date":"2003-03-12T01:13:18","date_gmt":"2003-03-12T06:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2003-03-12T01:13:18","modified_gmt":"2003-03-12T06:13:18","slug":"long-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2003\/03\/12\/long-days\/","title":{"rendered":"long days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, just to be nice to me – today was long.<\/p>\n

Tuesdays suck.<\/p>\n

10am start with a 2hr lecture
\nthen, at 12, i’m teaching a prac for 3hrs<\/p>\n

then at 5 i have a 4 hr lecture<\/p>\n

usually it finishes around 8 with an hr for questions.<\/p>\n

either way, it’s a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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