From my last post I think you can tell I’m not the outdoorsy type. I’m a total girl and not afraid to admit that. Since we have been down in Texas, I have come across way more wildlife than I had ever dreamed. Living in Chicago, I had just gotten used to seeing rats and house centipedes in the city. I disliked both of them very much, but at least I was used to them.
The first thing I noticed in Texas were the amount of lizards. Those don’t bother me too much because I just see them outside for a second and then scurry away as soon as you come close by.
This I am not ok with.
Scorpions?!?! It was a little bigger than it seems in the picture because I was standing on the stairs at my office yelling for someone other than myself to come kill it.
The next thing I found was this.
This walking stick was HUGE! After I saw this I went around the building to the other door to completely avoid it. This was also at my office. I go in and start telling my coworkers about this crazy bug I saw and they just looked at me like I was crazy. Apparently they are common here.
Now, I don’t love seeing weird creatures, but I can handle it when it’s not in my own house. Last night that changed when I found this!
Billy’s shirt was laying on the floor, as usual, and I bend over to pick it up. This little thing came scurrying out from under the shirt and I immediately start screaming like a little girl. Billy starts yelling, “What? What is it?”, but he doesn’t come over right away. He was “watching tv” so he was distracted, but I think it was because he was scared too. He mans up, catches it, and sets it free outside. A quick google search told us that this is a common house gecko. I don’t like it. I know it’s small but I never want to see one in my apartment again.
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