Day 60: Loves

My day has been made for two reasons; some might find them to be small reasons, but I was rather taken with them so that's all that matters, right?

First off, my what seemed to be like a never ending search for birthday cake Oreos did in fact end today. This search all started when I saw another head teacher eating, and raving about, this flavor of Oreo during our wonderful night bus ride to YangShuo. From that day, I have been eager to get some of my own and give them a try. Lexi, Jenna, and I searched store after store for these babies, and after about 15 different shops, we found them! I was ecstatic. We each bought a sleeve, sat outside on the store benches, and indulged. The long wait was well worth it for these sweet treats. They literally tasted like a vanilla birthday cake with confetti frosting; I was in heaven.

Secondly, we passed the pet shop that we had visited during our first few days here and decided to pop back in. When we first went, during late February, we found little brown and furry Chinese pups in the window, but they were too tiny that we couldn't hold them. Their eyes weren't even open, so I assume they weren't born too long before we had arrived. Anyways, we walked into the shop today and noticed how much these little pups had grown! We kept looking through the glass an lexi threw down some baby talk to them; we just wanted to hold them so badly. We asked the shop owner if we could hold one, and he let us each hold are own little fluff ball. They were so calm and relaxed; they almost seemed happy to get some kind of attention outside of a glass window. The pups didn't let out a single cry and they just sat in our laps, content with us snuggling them. We took several pictures and held them for about an hour, then we decided to leave them be. I was so tempted to buy one, they're only 2,000 yuan! But, our apartment doesn't allow pets, so I might just have to bring one back to the states with me ;)