one night

7. Febrero.2010 2347
I’m up so late because:
A. It’s hotter than a sauna in my room and I’m lying in a pool of sweat.
B. A cricket is keeping me awake with its extraordinarily loud chirping.
C. I turned the light on in hopes of finding the cricket and instead found a cockroach and two good sized spiders
D. I killed the cockroach with several loud whacks with my flip flops (everyone sleeps right through the dogs so I’m not worried about waking anyone)
E. I sprayed hairspray on the spiders after failing to find raid or anything close. I don’t know if it will do anything except irritate them, but it felt better than just leaving them. They are chilling in the space between the cement and wood wall otherwise I would have delivered the same death that the cockroach received.
F. In the process I discovered why I don’t like their cats and don’t let them in my room if I can help it—I’ll deal with the turd in the morning.
G. And now the dogs are worked up about something again.
It’s just another night in Paraguay.
It’s not usually that dramatic and having a fan helps the heat tremendously, but sometimes I’m left thinking how different things are in the states. Twice now I’ve stuck my foot into my boot only to frantically pull it out when I realize a toad or kururu has made his home in it. I’m just really glad it wasn’t something poisonous.