I'm taking a break from my researching and studying to blog, since it's been too long since my last post. I'm loving school. I'm so glad that I chose to go into the Early Childhood Care program, as I see that everything that I've been learning as very relevant and useful for working with children overseas. It feels very satisfying to be back in the academic world of researching, studying and writing essays and exams. Knowing that this time of school is in preparation for possibly working in an orphanage or a slum with children, makes it all the more meaningful. School is also an awesome place to talk about Jesus, be real and straight forward about my relationship with God, and in other words: shake things up.

I've been working part-time at Value Village which has been fun since I myself am such a thrift shopper. I actually don't mind spending hours straightening up the store. There's something about organizing and hanging up clothes, and straightening items on shelves that's kind of relaxing. I know I'm strange. This is also coming from the same girl who finds cleaning out rodent cages to be therapeutic.

Speaking of rodents- we have a new member of the Duffy family: a little mouse named Charlie. Josh and I met Charlie while volunteering in the Tiny Paws room at the Humane Society. A shelter attendant told us how Charlie's previous owners had actually bought him as a baby and raised him to feed to their pet snake. In turns out that when they put Charlie into the snakes cage, the snake didn't touch him for 3 days. The people then decided to take Charlie away from the snake and to keep him as a pet. Then for whatever reason, they actually couldn't keep Charlie and so they brought him to the shelter. I laughed when I first saw Charlie because he has a rather crooked snout, but he is as cute as ever. It didn't take Josh and I long to decide on adopting him. He doesn't seem to be in the best of health (for this reason the Humane Society gave him to us for free) so we're trying to get him healthy and just give him the best life we can.