{"id":3646,"date":"2012-03-23T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2012-03-23T09:11:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T14:11:42","slug":"top-ten-reasons-im-a-debbie-downer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/top-ten-reasons-im-a-debbie-downer\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Reasons I&#8217;m a Debbie Downer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3648\" title=\"debbie-downer\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer-390x300.jpg 390w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This March we&#8217;ve had lots of good news. A grandchild on the way. Our Ohio kids moving closer to home in August. A sizable tax refund. Even so, I feel like Debbie Downer&#8217;s double today. Since I can&#8217;t stop the feeling, here are my top ten reasons for being a Debbie Downer when I should be Perky Polly:<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0\u00a0 Spring is way too early this year. <a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/2012\/03\/waiting-for-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\">See this post<\/a> for further explanation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a09.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s been cloudy and rainy. Which is poking holes in <a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/2012\/01\/speaking-of-the-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\">my summer drought theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a08.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I caught a cold on the Ides of March. Etu, immune system?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a07.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t take out stock in a tissue company before this cold started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a06.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My recent upgrade to OS X Lion has not gone as smoothly as Apple promised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a05. \u00a0 \u00a0 iCloud is looming on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The agent who promised she&#8217;d be in touch soon about my proposal still hasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I can now order from the Senior Citizen menu at I Hop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No chocolate since Ash Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Debbie Downer would be ashamed to post this list, but I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This March we&#8217;ve had lots of good news. A grandchild on the way. Our Ohio kids moving closer to home in August. A sizable tax refund. Even so, I feel like Debbie Downer&#8217;s double today. 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