{"id":49869,"date":"2021-12-14T21:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T21:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49869"},"modified":"2021-12-14T21:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T21:56:55","slug":"adaptability-comes-in-handy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49869","title":{"rendered":"Adaptability comes in handy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/d32e99151d83a3ebd555262865f64f62.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49870\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/d32e99151d83a3ebd555262865f64f62-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/d32e99151d83a3ebd555262865f64f62-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/d32e99151d83a3ebd555262865f64f62.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have written before about how adaptable I discovered I could be &#8230; such as when we moved from Oregon to Texas in early 1984, exposing all of us to a form of culture shock none of us really anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>My adaptability continues to present itself as we have moved from place to place since settling in Texas. We now live in Collin County. I have just taken a temporary part-time job that takes me into downtown Dallas a couple times each week.<\/p>\n<p>I discovered this morning something more about myself. I am actually getting kinda\/sorta used to the rush-hour traffic I endure on the drive from Princeton into the Big D.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s really only one route I dare take: U.S. Highway 75, aka the Central Expressway. It&#8217;s a mess in the morning and in the early evening.<\/p>\n<p>Understand this about the Metroplex: It is home to more than 7 million folks; it contains thousands of miles of multi-lane highway that take motor vehicle traffic in every direction imaginable. However, U.S. 75 is a major artery that requires many thousands of us to drive on it north-south into downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>I get slowed down frequently on my morning commute. Sometimes I am forced to stop. I used to grumble out loud when I saw the brake lights flash ahead of me; I no longer grumble, because it&#8217;s part of the task of getting to work.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the adaptability, man! I am learning to just go with the flow. If I am late, I&#8217;m late. Ain&#8217;t nothin&#8217; I can do about it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have written before about how adaptable I discovered I could be &#8230; such as when we moved from Oregon to Texas in early 1984, exposing all of us to a form of culture shock none of us really anticipated. My adaptability continues to present itself as we have moved from place to place since &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49869\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adaptability comes in handy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1246,9822],"class_list":["post-49869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dallas-fort-worth","tag-traffic-woe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49871,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49869\/revisions\/49871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}