{"id":853,"date":"2015-08-05T18:05:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T01:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/?p=853"},"modified":"2015-08-05T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T01:05:22","slug":"thought-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"Thought Dump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LittleDylan3a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LittleDylan3a.png\" alt=\"LittleDylan3a\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-862\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI was just busy packing away. Constantly thinking I was forgetting something.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why is there still so much room?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Usually, the van would just be packed full with barely any room for the kids in the back. Even for a small trip like this one.  Our first in over two years now. Without even thinking, I threw the tent and lantern on one of back seats, still clueless as to why I would be able to see a little out the back window.  <\/p>\n<p>Then it hit me after verbalizing my concerns a couple times.  Maybe Dylan would have gone on this short getaway.  He had been on many before.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LittleDylan1b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LittleDylan1b.png\" alt=\"LittleDylan1b\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-866\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAs I rode up to Heritage park well into the back half of a challenging bike ride, I thought or might have even said under my breathe, &#8220;It took me a while today, but I made it.&#8221;  I just started crying.  It was the first time in quite a while.  As I continued on with the hot air evaporating my tears, I found myself angry, and trying to shove square pegs into round holes as I listened to &#8220;You Satellite&#8221; by Wilco.  &#8220;Dammit, this song is too good to be about TV or giving away your songs or control over content.  It just has to be.  It has to fit somewhere with what I going through.&#8221;  I bend the lyrics.  I try to make my own.  I try&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Could genes have<\/em> changed any failure?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes I don&#8217;t <em>care lately<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I have become a calendar while I am waiting<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and find myself as directionless as ever.  Maybe more so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to go and I don&#8217;t want to stay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LittleDylan2a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/LittleDylan2a.png\" alt=\"LittleDylan2a\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-861\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSometimes, I think I have tried and failed to fill the void, where I normally would see if Dylan wanted to go with me somewhere.  I really hate not having that option.  I can&#8217;t really think of a time when he said no, unless he had to work.  Sometimes, it seems to work for a while.  Other times, it make me think about him more. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DylanBig1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dylanzimmerman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DylanBig1.jpg\" alt=\"DylanBig1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-887\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was just busy packing away. Constantly thinking I was forgetting something. &#8220;Why is there still so much room?&#8221; Usually, the van would just be packed full with barely any room for the kids in the back. Even for a small trip like this one. Our first in over two years now. 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