I grabbed my keys, got in the car\u2026 and drove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To Target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But not<\/em> for food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I picked up a scented candle, a cute new throw pillow, and a pair of fuzzy socks. Then I swung by the Starbucks inside, ordered a grande latte, and took my sweet time browsing the book aisle. I even tried on a new shade of lipstick just for fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two hours later, I texted him: When I finally strolled back in, bags in hand, his eyes were wide and the house was in chaos \u2014 toys everywhere, kids screaming, his mother asking where the wine was, and his dad eyeing the empty dinner table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He rushed over, panicked. I smiled sweetly. He never sprang a surprise family gathering on me again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I grabbed my keys, got in the car\u2026 and drove. To Target. But not for food. I picked up a scented candle, a cute new throw pillow, and a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4859,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858\/revisions\/4859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yxnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cHope you\u2019re surviving. Can\u2019t wait to see how dessert turns out! \u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere have you been<\/em>?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJust a little me-time. You said it was no big deal \u2014 figured you had it all under control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n