Me, Massachusetts, Sep 2019: "I'm going to travel the world for a few years so that I can then settle down and get a dog."

Me, Arizona, July 2020: "Why not both?"

Meet Rocket & Nebula, a brother-sister pair of seven-week-old puppies that I'm fostering from @bestfriends!

My puppers have been adopted! They got their vaccinations yesterday and get spayed/neutered tomorrow. Rocket goes right from the surgical clinic to his furever home; Nebula stays with me until Saturday, when she goes to her home.

Meet Mr. Big! He's my latest foster from @BestFriends. https://bestfriends.org/adopt/adopt-our-sanctuary/15502547/mr-big

He'll be with me for a week, until the sunburn on his nose and front left paw heal.

Good morning from Mr. Big!

BOOP

True to his name, Mr. Big is bad at hiding.

Mr. Big met a goat!

And a pig!

Coming soon to a children's bookshelf near you: "Mr. Big Goes for a Ride"

So long, Mr. Big! I enjoyed being your foster parent for a week. I hope someone brings you home from the rescue soon!

Today was a good day for @BestFriends: Not only did Mr. Big get adopted, but I brought home my next foster. Meet Lesh! https://bestfriends.org/adopt/adopt-our-sanctuary/15341087/lesh

I was walking Lesh when a local asked if I'd moved to the area. "Nope, just renting." She said I have a pretty dog. "Thanks! Just fostering."

That's when I realized how much Lesh and I have in common: we're both just passing through on the way to something more permanent.

The good news for Lesh is that something more permanent has been found: Lesh has been adopted! This is good news for him, but I fell for him hard this weekend, and I'm already going to miss him. He's mine until Friday.

Lesh went to his furever home today! Here are two photos I snapped of him last night, taken just a second apart.

After Lesh, I couldn't imagine myself without a dog — so I immediately brought home another foster from @BestFriends. Meet Feebee! https://bestfriends.org/adopt/adopt-our-sanctuary/12668559/feebee

A year ago, I'd wake up and walk to my co-working space, two miles through the woods.

Today, I wake up and walk my dog, two miles through the desert.