estupido

I realized this afternoon that most "normal" events here in Costa Rica would severely disturb the average person, including myself, under regular circumstances at home.

Examples:

1. We remove an average of 10 large cockroaches a week from our house. Enough to keep a roach cup on the kitchen counter for quick capture and removal.

2. I am always on the lookout for large lizards in the house after the giant ran across my foot in the bathroom.

3. We have removed scorpions from bedrooms, opossums from the living room, giant grasshoppers from the fridge, hand-sized wolf spiders from the laundry room...

4. While rummaging around in the garden at school alone, a coral snake (the red touches yellow dead fellow kind) slithered next to my hand. This is the most venomous in Costa Rica! Without screaming, I grabbed a stick and my friend Alex came and smashed the head.

5. I eat rice and beans everyday and enjoy it.


This list could go on for a while. These are just the things that were going through my head on my way home from school today.