{"id":16969,"date":"2009-08-31T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/?p=16969"},"modified":"2018-11-11T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T17:32:19","slug":"yippppeeee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/31\/yippppeeee\/","title":{"rendered":"Yippppeeee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a bit late but I have reached and passed that point in the work rotation that I can count the days on <strong class=\"StrictlyAutoTagBold\">one<\/strong> hand\u2026 a major milestone has been passed and happy days are here again. 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