Saturday, November 27, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Things you should know about my little corner of the world...part one?
1. When you hear about a gas shortage, we feel it. We were in line for 45 minutes trying to get gas for the car after visiting two stations that had none.
2. There are bugs in the pools. They live there and it's normal, see previous post.
3. Things happen at their own pace here. Don't expect to keep a tight schedule as the plumber may come today as he said or he may show up tomorrow or the day after...or never and you have to call again.
4. That smell coming from the bathroom is not someone who just went but the smell of sewage coming up from the shower (just the smell though....so far). Don't call anyone, it's normal when it rains a lot. Like during the rainy season.
4. The ants everywhere...DON'T kill them, they will send more. Just ignore that they are in the laundry bin eating bits of food off your son's clothes and know that when the clothes are clean they don't care. Oh and rinse the sink after mouthwash....they LOVE Listerine!
5. There are no big scary spiders here.
6. Cockroaches do come up from the drains but they are just little guys...unless you forget to put the drain plug back in...then the big guys come but never when the water is running.
7. Fresh fish is awesome!
8. Cover your thighs. See post on my first run here.
9. Bed nets are great...if the mosquitoes are stuck outside it
10. Full time help ROCKS! Especially if you are sick.
2. There are bugs in the pools. They live there and it's normal, see previous post.
3. Things happen at their own pace here. Don't expect to keep a tight schedule as the plumber may come today as he said or he may show up tomorrow or the day after...or never and you have to call again.
4. That smell coming from the bathroom is not someone who just went but the smell of sewage coming up from the shower (just the smell though....so far). Don't call anyone, it's normal when it rains a lot. Like during the rainy season.
4. The ants everywhere...DON'T kill them, they will send more. Just ignore that they are in the laundry bin eating bits of food off your son's clothes and know that when the clothes are clean they don't care. Oh and rinse the sink after mouthwash....they LOVE Listerine!
5. There are no big scary spiders here.
6. Cockroaches do come up from the drains but they are just little guys...unless you forget to put the drain plug back in...then the big guys come but never when the water is running.
7. Fresh fish is awesome!
8. Cover your thighs. See post on my first run here.
9. Bed nets are great...if the mosquitoes are stuck outside it
10. Full time help ROCKS! Especially if you are sick.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
The pool
So, I have been training 3-4 times a week at the pool. The big gorgeous outdoor olympic sized one in one of my previous posts. The one with the 25m "kids" pool. The one that is just seconds away from my house by foot. The one I can see from our rooftop terrace. The one with dragonflies and palm trees and wonderful staff. The one with the beetles swimming in it.
Wait, what?!
That's right, beetles of some sort like to swim and have babies in the pool. It scared the bejesus out of me! They are larger than any beetle I have ever seen. They like to stay in the shaded end of the pool and have their thousands of little ones; who also like it in the shaded area of the pool.
Like a moron I asked the lifeguard if it was normal that there were bugs swimming in the pool with us. He assured me that it was, in fact, normal. The bugs are in all the pools this time of year, they are harmless and come the "cold" season they will be gone.
So I summoned up my courage got back in the water and finished my training and I will go back. I must get over my fear of such things, especially when I'm told it's completely harmless.
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/beetles/dytiscidae/
This is my beetle. He is ugly and big but harmless. So just so you know, there are beetles in the pools in my little part of the world.
Wait, what?!
That's right, beetles of some sort like to swim and have babies in the pool. It scared the bejesus out of me! They are larger than any beetle I have ever seen. They like to stay in the shaded end of the pool and have their thousands of little ones; who also like it in the shaded area of the pool.
Like a moron I asked the lifeguard if it was normal that there were bugs swimming in the pool with us. He assured me that it was, in fact, normal. The bugs are in all the pools this time of year, they are harmless and come the "cold" season they will be gone.
So I summoned up my courage got back in the water and finished my training and I will go back. I must get over my fear of such things, especially when I'm told it's completely harmless.
This is my beetle. He is ugly and big but harmless. So just so you know, there are beetles in the pools in my little part of the world.
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