wildlife

Killed my first Indian cockroach on this trip today. I thought I'd take an evening bucket bath, bad idea. I tried to drown it and it struggled on its back a bit, then tried to make its way into the bedroom. Hell naw! I made a wad of toilet paper, placed that on it while it was on its back, then dropped a shampoo bottle to squish it. Then took some plastic to pick up the whole mess with. So this is my method of having a way to kill bugs w/o directly touching them or leaving a mess of guts. Pretty ingenious if you ask me.

There's also a lizard that comes and goes in the bathroom, the window is open a crack. I don't mind him/her that much, but it needs to do a better job of eating bugs (do lizards eat cockroaches?).

This was a good reminder to keep my bags and suitcases closed at all times.

I've heard there's snakes on campus, and one was even found in the lab room I use a few weeks ago (before I got here). Ugh. I will freeze with panic if I see a snake. Don't try to reason with me, I'm a pretty rational person, but that's one thing I do not want to see, especially in my room and if I'm by myself.

On that note, I'm going to try and sleep w/o imagining creepy crawlies. A mosquito net would be nice and provide some security at least.