{"id":4455,"date":"2016-12-18T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T01:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2016-12-18T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T01:41:08","slug":"still-foolin-em-at-sea-12182016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4455","title":{"rendered":"Still Foolin\u2019 \u2018Em \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [12\/18\/2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4456 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5501618311_1eeec26185_z_large.jpg\" alt=\"5501618311_1eeec26185_z_large\" width=\"347\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5501618311_1eeec26185_z_large.jpg 403w, https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/5501618311_1eeec26185_z_large-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/>So far this cruise I have had nothing but positive comments, and very enthusiastic students. So much so that I don\u2019t really know what to <em>do<\/em> with all that enthusiasm. Anyone who knows me knows that as much as I <em>like<\/em> compliments, I really have no idea what to do with them.<\/p>\n<p>I usually manage a few awkward thank-yous and then try to politely remove myself from the conversation. In truth I\u2019m not used to people <em>liking<\/em> me this much, not at work anyway. And n the ever present performer\u2019s dilemma, <em>\u201cwhat if they find out I really have no idea what I\u2019m doing?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I mean, I <em><u>do<\/u><\/em> know what I\u2019m doing. But not to the extent that people seem to think I do! I mean, I\u2019m self taught! I trained myself, half the stuff I talk about I <em>didn\u2019t even realize I knew until someone asked me<\/em>!\u00a0 I\u2019m an ex-dancer for heaven\u2019s sake, and a writer, and a bookworm! What do I know about computers???<\/p>\n<p>Um\u2026well, apparently considerably more than I used to. If, that is, the people telling me that I\u2019m the best instructor they have had on any cruise they\u2019ve taken are to be believed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>*gulp*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far this cruise I have had nothing but positive comments, and very enthusiastic students. So much so that I don\u2019t really know what to do with all that enthusiasm. Anyone who knows me knows that as much as I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4455\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections-below-the-waterline","category-tropical-rain-2016"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3GtNE-19R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4457,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455\/revisions\/4457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}