A mouse in the house

Two blog posts in two days! Craziness! This is what happens when you're self-quarantined due to conjunctivitis. While I wait for my eye drops to arrive from Phnom Penh, I had a little visitor to deal with...

Yesterday afternoon, I chased a mouse around my house with a bowl. I tried to capture it, but the wily bugger got away. This was the second time yesterday there was a mouse in the basket in my shower. There is nothing for it to eat, no soap out or anything. It just likes sitting in my basket?

Later that night,

Let me catch my breath for a minute

What a month. I've been in Phnom Penh just as much as I've been in Kratie. And I've been sick again. It's time to go home to Kratie and get healthy!

I was in Phnom Penh for two meetings, one of which seemed to build my relationship with the District Council Chief, so it was a good week before I left for my much-needed break on Koh Rong. My fellow traveller Tracy (and fellow Canadian VSO volunteer) explains our trip well in her blog post. Despite the backpacker overload and stark reminders of the underbelly of tourism in Cambodia, I felt rejuvenated after my trip. Slightly sunburned but rejuvenated.

Then it was back to Kratie for a brief stint. My VA was really