omg, every day i see a new animal. today, it was a crab. a little, blue crab hiding behind the washing machine. it was shocking and adorable! these animals are hilarious. the way they walk -- awkwardly sideways, with their tiny little eyes seemingly stationary -- is very interesting to watch. and several of the ones i've seen have one claw that is twice the size of the other one. i probably couldn't force myself to get close enough to even a dead one in science class to thoroughly examine it, but from afar, it's pretty fun. fun, albeit short-lived, as they love coming out, and then hiding in between tiny spaces. very interesting.
also last night, i went into the office to use the bathroom before i went back to my room (the office bathroom is just nicer...or so i thought) and there was a frog on the toilet seat chillin' with his friend, another frog who was on the tissue roll. the one on the seat was nice enough to get (hop) up for a lady. but the one on the toilet roll just sat there like a perv. like i was really about to use the toilet in front of him. please. so i had to use the one in my room after all.
every night, i catch a gecko or two in my room. welcome roommates, as they love to feast on the mosquitoes. but since i've been keeping the lights off at night (to keep the mosquitoes away), they haven't visited as much. though -- and i may have been hallucinating/dreaming, but -- i swear one of them was in my bed last night. if it's true, we were both too scared of being so close to each other that neither of us could move. somehow, i just went back to sleep and decided to deal with it in the morning. when i woke up, there was nothing there. i hope i was just paranoid and those things aren't ballsy enough to jump under my sheets with me.
speaking of mosquitoes, what the fuck!? seriously, i must be breaking some kind of record for the most bites on a human body at once. this is terrible. every time i step outside -- or stay inside, or just breath and live my life -- i feel like i'm surrendering my body to the god of mosquitoes and all his blood-sucking angels...demons! i can't live like this; i've been trying to stay zen and not scratch, telling myself the itch will pass, it will pass. but it needs to pick up the pace; i ain't got all day.
maybe i'll head into town tomorrow and get some repellent of some sort. this is getting out of hand.
and i still don't know the name of those reptiles, but i can feel myself overcoming my fear. i can actually continue moving when one of them runs across my path. now, i just need to calm my heart rate, and i think i'll be good.
damn, what have i gotten myself into out here?
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