5.21.2010
5.17.2010
spider story
I can't get pictures to load, so you'll have to deal with stories. Here is one I sent to the fam via email a few days ago:
For the first few mornings here I couldn’t even figure out where I was. I literally woke up panicked, trying to figure out what was going on. Then, a few mornings ago, that faded. Well, exactly two mornings ago, I woke up earlier than normal (hadn’t slept well for a few days), and was just looking around. I like the way the mosquito net blows in the breeze and looks invisible/visible at different times, and I was distracted by a big, ugly, black thing. I blinked and stared again. No way. Yes. Really. An enormous, huge, disgusting spider. Not the kind that you smash with a Kleenex and flush down the toilet, but the kind that you knock down with something large and smash with something heavy and larger and then have to clean up after because it has so many guts. Anyway, Mike wasn’t awake yet, so I stared intently at him and then he woke up (I think it was psychic waves that did it), and I whispered, “don’t move!” but he didn’t really hear me/wasn’t awake all the way, so I said it again, and he asked why. I pointed up at the spider and he said he couldn’t see it (no contacts), but when I told him what it was he didn’t believe me because it was such a big blob in his fuzzy vision. Not only was it on the net, but, it was INSIDE our mosquito net (apparently you have to tuck the thing under you bed completely, who knew)? So, we sneaked out of the net and I hit the spider from behind with Mike’s fishing pole case/tube thing and then Mike smacked him to death with a shoe. We had to wash the sheets after, but, the spider died. We also tuck our mosquito net under all four sides of the mattress religiously.
FYI: We've seen two of those large spiders in our room since. I'm not scared of spiders normally, but, these things are a whole different animal (er, insect).
For the first few mornings here I couldn’t even figure out where I was. I literally woke up panicked, trying to figure out what was going on. Then, a few mornings ago, that faded. Well, exactly two mornings ago, I woke up earlier than normal (hadn’t slept well for a few days), and was just looking around. I like the way the mosquito net blows in the breeze and looks invisible/visible at different times, and I was distracted by a big, ugly, black thing. I blinked and stared again. No way. Yes. Really. An enormous, huge, disgusting spider. Not the kind that you smash with a Kleenex and flush down the toilet, but the kind that you knock down with something large and smash with something heavy and larger and then have to clean up after because it has so many guts. Anyway, Mike wasn’t awake yet, so I stared intently at him and then he woke up (I think it was psychic waves that did it), and I whispered, “don’t move!” but he didn’t really hear me/wasn’t awake all the way, so I said it again, and he asked why. I pointed up at the spider and he said he couldn’t see it (no contacts), but when I told him what it was he didn’t believe me because it was such a big blob in his fuzzy vision. Not only was it on the net, but, it was INSIDE our mosquito net (apparently you have to tuck the thing under you bed completely, who knew)? So, we sneaked out of the net and I hit the spider from behind with Mike’s fishing pole case/tube thing and then Mike smacked him to death with a shoe. We had to wash the sheets after, but, the spider died. We also tuck our mosquito net under all four sides of the mattress religiously.
FYI: We've seen two of those large spiders in our room since. I'm not scared of spiders normally, but, these things are a whole different animal (er, insect).
5.09.2010
fiefia fai'aho RACHEL!
Lake Powell
I just wanted to post a little happy birthday note to my dear friend Rachel from here in Tonga!
You are one of my best friends and have been since waaaaaaaaay back in the 8th grade (as you know very well). And, I keep thinking about you here because you were my fellow Wongan!
Love you girl!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
FIEFIA FAI'AHO!
Xoxo
PS - I tried to pre-blog, not sure if it worked.
Safe.
We're alive and well and...in Tonga. I'll post about Fiji and our first few weeks here soon!
Xoxo.
Xoxo.
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