{"id":223,"date":"2019-07-19T12:52:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T19:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2022-10-20T09:23:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T16:23:08","slug":"kate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Kate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_b99c1753e7a94f158cc4936c259c5a89~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_438,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_b99c1753e7a94f158cc4936c259c5a89~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-eod9b\">In the past I have worked to connect with someone in a community that I am going to visit. In this way I get a local view, I get someone to show me around, and I get to share the visit with someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-2ch1e\">Kate and I had been talking online for a couple of months before I arrived in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She had lived in the area her whole life and was looking forward to my visit. She told me later she wasn&#8217;t convinced that I would actually show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-7s6j2\">Well, I did, and both of our lives have changed for the best! We had a connection from the very beginning that has been amazing. She is smart, witty, sexy, and she actually likes me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-64e8j\">After less than a week, I asked if she would enjoy traveling with me &#8211; to see what it was like. I know &#8211; a little impulsive and not at all like me&#8230; She thought about it and said yes &#8211; but I want to wait a couple of weeks before I tell my mom so she won&#8217;t think I am jumping in too fast. hahahahaha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-2fkj8\">We feel joy every day for each other and have started on a journey that we both hope and expect will not end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_665d5519ff7f4317a6689f66f18e07d8~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_438,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_665d5519ff7f4317a6689f66f18e07d8~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_01558ae4238f493cb6103d61f3dcdd37~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_438,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_01558ae4238f493cb6103d61f3dcdd37~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/39f52b_d2c803f4d1094bba978a6bceb70fd2be~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_584,h_438,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto\/39f52b_d2c803f4d1094bba978a6bceb70fd2be~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past I have worked to connect with someone in a community that I am going to visit. In this way I get a local view, I get someone to show me around, and I get to share the visit with someone. Kate and I had been talking online for a couple of months before I arrived in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She had lived in the area her whole life and was looking forward to my visit. She told me later she wasn&#8217;t convinced that I would actually show up. Well, I did, and both of our lives have changed for the best! We had a connection from the very beginning that has been amazing. She is smart, witty, sexy, and she actually likes me! After less than a week, I asked if she would enjoy traveling with me &#8211; to see what it was like. I know &#8211; a little impulsive and not at all like me&#8230; She thought about it and said yes &#8211; but I want to wait a couple of weeks before I tell my mom so she won&#8217;t think I am jumping in too fast. hahahahaha We feel joy every day for each other and have started on a journey that we both hope and expect will not end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waywardhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}