{"id":6085,"date":"2019-02-26T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6085"},"modified":"2019-02-26T15:11:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:11:32","slug":"the-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6085","title":{"rendered":"The party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s just a normal Monday evening at the Sunstar, except it&#8217;s my birthday, and that&#8217;s the worst-kept secret in the village. Ali has baked a lovely chocolate cake. Blowing out the candles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6079 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_160102.png\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_160102.png 1640w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_160102-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_160102-768x539.png 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_160102-1024x718.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A chat with Emily via FaceTime.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6080\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155956.jpg\" width=\"2460\" height=\"1693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155956.jpg 2460w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155956-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155956-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155956-1024x705.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2460px) 100vw, 2460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The kids have put sugar pigs on the caps of my beer bottles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6081\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155709.jpg\" width=\"3885\" height=\"2741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155709.jpg 3885w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155709-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155709-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155709-1024x722.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3885px) 100vw, 3885px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Larina is always very excited to see her mum perform &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t get her to slow down sufficiently to get a good photo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6082 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155915.jpg\" width=\"3850\" height=\"2772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155915.jpg 3850w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155915-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155915-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155915-1024x737.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3850px) 100vw, 3850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a short video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"25 February 2019\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgfAn4Syk40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This morning was a slow one for me, but Val got off to work early as usual. The run home was a bit busy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155752.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-6087 alignnone size-full\" width=\"1606\" height=\"1119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155752.jpg 1606w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155752-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155752-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20190226_155752-1024x713.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1606px) 100vw, 1606px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s just a normal Monday evening at the Sunstar, except it&#8217;s my birthday, and that&#8217;s the worst-kept secret in the village. Ali has baked a lovely chocolate cake. Blowing out the candles. 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