I live in a tropical climate, which means lots of bugs and weird animals. Its awesome when I get to snap a shot of a sloth, or a toucan is chilling in a tree outside my window. What I'm not use to is finding all the other creatures inside my home. When people come to visit I feel like their should be an entrance fee for the wildlife exhibit, do not pet the animals sign and a departure rabies shot. (Well, maybe thats a bit of an exaggeration, but my house is always full of surprises!)
On the plus side, my reaction timing has improved, the flying cockroaches love aiming for your head. I'm going to be great at dodge ball when I get home. Who wants to start a team?
Most recently, a bat has decided to make his home in our bathroom. He doesn't do anything, except hang upside down in the shower. I use to get surprised when I would go to use the bathroom, look up and find him right next to me. Now I think he is kind of cute, plus he eats the spiders and mosquitoes.
The most irritating is the gigantic herd of mice living in the ceiling above my head. They love to come down on the other side of my wall into the house and fight. I use to be really afraid of them, especially at night, but now I feel like I'm in that Disney movie, Ratatouille. Remember the scene in the beginning where Remy, the main character and a mouse, is in the old lady's house. He was looking for food to bring back to the colony of mice when the old women walks in with her shotgun and starts shooting. Remy and his brother try to escape by climbing back into the ceiling where the family lives, but the old lady shoots too many times and the ceiling caves in. Hundreds of rats fall down into the home and begin run everywhere. That's my room. I'm the old lady living below a colony of mice who are a few gun holes away from caving in on me. My mosquito net will save me right?
