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Aug. 24th, 2004
Having just recently moved into an apartment of my own, I've been paranoid about seeing my first cockroach. I know that that's a risk you take in apartments and no apartment is totally immune. However, I didn't see any dead roaches after I fumigated or anything so I was figuring I got lucky and this apartment complex is fairly clean.
Then this morning, I went into my bedroom to pick up my watch on my way to work, turned on my bedside light, and saw a flicker of motion running across the patch of carpet in the corner of the bedroom. I immediately thought "Oh, shit, my first cockroach." Then it ran back across and I got a better look at it.
It was a lizard, or maybe (but not likely) a salamander, a very pale orange/peach color with some pale blue markings. About |------------------| long. Cutest little thing I've seen. Of course, he promptly ran underneath my nightstand so I couldn't get him out.
So now I have a tiny little lizard living in my bedroom. Which prompts two questions: 1) how on earth did he get in there, considering that my bedroom is the furthest room in the place from the door and 2) how on earth am I going to catch him and get him out? I don't mind him, but I don't want him to starve to death.
And here I thought I wasn't going to see any really interesting wildlife after I moved. *grin*
Then this morning, I went into my bedroom to pick up my watch on my way to work, turned on my bedside light, and saw a flicker of motion running across the patch of carpet in the corner of the bedroom. I immediately thought "Oh, shit, my first cockroach." Then it ran back across and I got a better look at it.
It was a lizard, or maybe (but not likely) a salamander, a very pale orange/peach color with some pale blue markings. About |------------------| long. Cutest little thing I've seen. Of course, he promptly ran underneath my nightstand so I couldn't get him out.
So now I have a tiny little lizard living in my bedroom. Which prompts two questions: 1) how on earth did he get in there, considering that my bedroom is the furthest room in the place from the door and 2) how on earth am I going to catch him and get him out? I don't mind him, but I don't want him to starve to death.
And here I thought I wasn't going to see any really interesting wildlife after I moved. *grin*