{"id":103676,"date":"2018-01-04T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=103676"},"modified":"2018-01-04T16:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T16:08:02","slug":"january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/01\/04\/january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am starting the year on a low. I have had a few problems over the Christmas break, mostly with my back and so I have not been able to do much.\u00a0 I am still waiting for news about my\u00a0 flat which I have been trying to sell which seems to have run into quite a few obstacles along the way so I am still in a state of limbo basically which seems to be no nearer to resolving. This has really sapped my energy to a great extent now to the point today that I really felt no urge whatsoever to get out of bed.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t felt that bad for a long time.However I do have to get outside and get on the bus today so off we go. Fortunately my back has\u00a0 survived the trip and I have not ground to a complete halt.<br \/>\nJanuary is a miserable time of year though. Its dull and its wet and its generally a bit shite.<br \/>\nI was born in January so its OK for me to say that though.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"103728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/01\/04\/january-2018\/view-from-battersea-bridge-westward\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?fit=3264%2C1548&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,1548\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?fit=604%2C287&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-103728\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?resize=604%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?resize=1024%2C486&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?resize=768%2C364&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/View-from-Battersea-bridge-westward.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am starting the year on a low. I have had a few problems over the Christmas break, mostly with my back and so I have not been able to do much.\u00a0 I am still waiting for news about my\u00a0 flat which I have been trying to sell which seems to have run into quite &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/01\/04\/january-2018\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">January 2018<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"January 2018","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-qYc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175200,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/01\/09\/january-2022-what-does-it-mean-to-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":103676,"position":0},"title":"January 2022, What does it mean to you?","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A new year. New things in the works as well. Some beginnings and the odd green shoot breaking through the crack in the pavement. I am a bit knackered generally speaking at present. I have made some new music connections and I do hope they will grow survive the frost.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Diana Stones Songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diana Stones Songs","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1160,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2011\/12\/11\/december-2011-continued\/","url_meta":{"origin":103676,"position":1},"title":"December 2011 continued","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"3 gigs this weekend one on Thursday at Cafe Rouge in Highgate that was mellow but good fun and we have been invited back in January if all go's well. One up near Baldock which didn't go quite so well as they normally have 80's cover bands so a very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delta Ladies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Delta Ladies","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/delta-ladies-diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/07\/24\/birthday-blues\/","url_meta":{"origin":103676,"position":2},"title":"Birthday blues","author":"diana Stone","date":"July 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Date Posted: 15th January 2008 Current mood: quixotic January and my Birthday approaches. I shall be making efforts to ignore it as much as possible in the vain hope that it will go away, as time seems to be passing very quickly now. 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