{"id":4925,"date":"2012-08-05T14:07:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T18:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2012-10-03T18:01:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T22:01:55","slug":"the-foster-chronicles-tulip-week-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/the-foster-chronicles-tulip-week-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foster Chronicles: Tulip, Week 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <em>only<\/em> 89 degrees at 4:00pm. There&#8217;s a pretty good cloud cover and a tiny breeze. We do the long loop, and it&#8217;s actually not terrible. Halfway through, the sun comes out. And it&#8217;s terrible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tired and depressed, and I have been for a while. Maybe I need to adjust my amino acids? Or maybe I should just stop drinking my feelings, which is what I&#8217;ve done six times in the last month. (That&#8217;s a lot for me. I usually drink two or three times a year.)<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the stress of the crate-and-rotate routine is wearing on me. I email the organization asking for strategies to get Tulip adopted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wake up bleary-eyed from not going to bed on time <em>again<\/em>. At the same moment I reach down to grab Tulip&#8217;s bowl, she jumps up to say good morning and cracks my chin with her skull. I come very close to hitting my foster dog. But I don&#8217;t. Then she pees on the deck. And I still don&#8217;t hit her. Good thing she&#8217;s fucking adorable.<\/p>\n<p>The org emails me and suggests, amongst other things, I make a Facebook page for her. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TulipTheAdoptABullDog\">So I do<\/a>. (Like it! Share it!)<\/p>\n<p>Late-night 2.5 miles. Gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another 2.5 miles after sundown. Less than 90 degrees is so much better than more than 90 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friends come over! Tulip does The Tulip Dance, and it goes a little something like this:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4949\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1662.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4949\" title=\"IMG_1662\" src=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1662-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1662-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1662-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1662.jpg 1935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smooch,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4950\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4950\" title=\"IMG_1664\" src=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1664-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1664-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1664-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1664.jpg 1935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">snuggle,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4951\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4951\" title=\"IMG_1675\" src=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1675-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1675-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1675-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">loving gaze,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4952\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1678.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4952\" title=\"IMG_1678\" src=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1678-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1678-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1678-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1678.jpg 1935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">wag yourself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4953\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4953\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1680.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4953\" title=\"IMG_1680\" src=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1680-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1680-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1680-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1680.jpg 1935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">in half!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4954\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_16751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4954\" title=\"IMG_1675\" src=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_16751-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_16751-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_16751-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SOoXnU36n7A?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6LBiVpW88s?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love makes Tulip smile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4958\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4958\" title=\"IMG_1690\" src=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1690-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1690-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_1690-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redford and Violet register their displeasure at the level of affection being given them with an early-morning intervention.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Day 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tulip registers her displeasure at the distribution of peanut butter with an impassioned speech.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gjsL2Wbaz9c?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=4967\">The Foster Chronicles: Week 21<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 It&#8217;s only 89 degrees at 4:00pm. There&#8217;s a pretty good cloud cover and a tiny breeze. We do the long loop, and it&#8217;s actually not terrible. Halfway through, the sun comes out. And it&#8217;s terrible. Day 2 I&#8217;m tired and depressed, and I have been for a while. Maybe I need to adjust &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/the-foster-chronicles-tulip-week-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Foster Chronicles: Tulip, Week 20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5358,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions\/5358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}