{"id":6109,"date":"2011-08-25T15:03:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T19:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=6109"},"modified":"2011-08-25T15:03:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T19:03:25","slug":"how-i-misspent-my-summer-vacation-2011-edition-intermission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/how-i-misspent-my-summer-vacation-2011-edition-intermission","title":{"rendered":"How I Misspent My Summer Vacation, 2011 Edition: Intermission"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was hoping to keep the momentum going and hit you with another 2,000 to 3,000 words about a single day’s meanderings through Vancouver, but it’ll have to wait for the weekend. One of my greyhounds tweaked his lower back\/hips on Sunday jumping into the car, and his suffering’s just ground me down to zero.<\/p>\n

I took him to the vet this morning, and he’s optimistic that it’s just a pinched nerve, which will heal with rest. Meanwhile, Otis is on Rimadyl (anti-inflammatory) and Tramadol (pain-reliever).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I have a ton of work to get done on our September issue, so Vancouver and Seattle II will have to wait a little while. But I promise I’ll digress my way through the rest of our vacation!<\/p>\n

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Otis (with Rufus) getting rubbies on the Sunday hike shortly before he tweaked his back.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was hoping to keep the momentum going and hit you with another 2,000 to 3,000 words about a single day’s meanderings through Vancouver, but it’ll have to wait for the weekend. One of my greyhounds tweaked his lower back\/hips on Sunday jumping into the car, and his suffering’s just ground me down to zero. … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “How I Misspent My Summer Vacation, 2011 Edition: Intermission”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[61,5],"tags":[219],"class_list":["post-6109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-rufus-and-or-otis","category-travel","tag-greyhounds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-1Ax","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4200,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/greyhounds-of-the-serengeti","url_meta":{"origin":6109,"position":0},"title":"Greyhounds of the Serengeti","author":"Gil","date":"July 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday greyhound hike at Wawayanda State Park! 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