{"id":61,"date":"2012-12-09T22:39:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T22:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2012-12-09T22:43:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T22:43:57","slug":"road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently got back from my first solo road trip. Solo in the sense it was me and my dog. The trip was fun. I went to California to visit friends and family. I\u2019m very proud of myself for going alone, I never would have done that in the past and I must thank my dog for giving me the courage! It\u2019s intimidating stopping at rest stops and hotels without a 95 lb power dog with you. I would stop at the rest stops and park near the truckers (fewer people on that side and usually closer to the \u2018pet area\u2019). NO ONE attempted to talk with me! \u00a0Did you know they have \u2018beggars\u2019 at rest stops in California (how do they get there? The stops are in the middle of nowhere) and in Oregon there are people hanging out on the side of the freeway (yes, freeway, not highway) chatting? This trip was enlightening in so many ways!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was talking with my sister, the other day, about a book I\u2019m reading and was telling her about the husband in the book and mentioned that I am so glad I don\u2019t have anyone like that in my life (the character is a self-centered ass, but I\u2019m not done with the book so I don\u2019t know if he redeems himself\u2026can he?). I just don\u2019t want to deal with men, or anyone for that matter, who is a pain in the ass, I\u2019m done with that. You know what my wise sister said? She is so smart sometimes! She said this all started when I got my dog (thought I was going on another tangent, did you?). I give my affection to him and he returns it, unconditionally. Hmmm. I guess man\u2019s best friend is woman\u2019s best friend\u00a0too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC_0015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-62\" title=\"My Best Friend and Protector\" src=\"http:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC_0015-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC_0015-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/DSC_0015-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently got back from my first solo road trip. Solo in the sense it was me and my dog. The trip was fun. I went to California to visit friends and family. I\u2019m very proud of myself for going &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/?p=61\">Continue reading <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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifemyth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}