The Internship That's Not About Bunnies

In nine days I start my internship with the National Council for Adoption. Doing "media relations" and "shadowing their attorney on the Hill"- so basically, I have no idea either. We're just gonna let this thing fly.
Also, in case you were going to ask (again) "So what do you want to do after you graduate?"
my answer is still a vague but promising "Something awesome." Right now I have more important things to figure out. Things like how to work the D.C. metro and where to buy food.

Never having been a pregnant teenager myself, I actually have no experience with adoption. So how FORTUNATE that right before the semester ended I got to help a real-life orphan stay out of the system.

My friends found him underneath a car in the parking lot- named him Dobby and took him in- even though it was finals week and they really didn't have time to deal with a rabbit pooping all over their house. What good souls. Naturally, as soon as fb informed me of this I was at their front door with some carrots.

We tried to take Dobby for a walk (hop?)... the leash was made for a small cat but could also accommodate a rather large bunny. Turns out the reason Dobby is so large may be because he doesn't really like to jump around in the grass but likes very much to sit there and eat it.

Let's be honest: I am not an animal person. But that thing was like a stuffed rabbit, I tell you. It would just lie there in your arms and calmly wiggle its nose.
I was smitten.

Natter the Elementary Education Major.
"Just attach this photo to your resume and anyone will hire you."

Using my "social networking skills" that I bragged about in my application I started a marketing campaign (ie. status update) to save dear Dobby from the animal shelter.
As it happens, another girl I don't know adopted him first. But FOR THE RECORD, I did have a legitimate bunny-lover contact me after the fact.

What this experience has taught me is that successful adoptions can take place as long as you have
a) friends who are looking to 'add one more' to the family, or

b) friends who just can't say no to faces like this.

Congratulations on your new home, Dobby!!

A Modern Family

If you are my landlord, you should know that we definitely did NOT adopt a hamster.*

Now that we've settle that issue... for your viewing pleasure, I'd like to present Winston:

At first we were worried what disparaging comments the other little fuzzballs would make about him growing up in a home with two mothers and no father.

Luckily, he's a spunky little guy- so raised properly, he should be able to just beat them up.

Although he does love his #1 mommy.

Also, he loves his little plastic ball! (If you think of life in terms of Enchanted and this reminds you of Pip, then we are definitely friends.)

Apple? No, thank you. It's good...

And he LOVES running on his wheel! Please appreciate how difficult it was to take a family photo in which you can see him!

Did you know that hamsters are nocturnal creatures? Fact: They are.
It's okay if you didn't know this.
I didn't either, until this past Sunday when he decided to train for a marathon at 5 a.m...
Parenting is such an adventure.

*Think of it as a "weekend babysitting gig."