Sunday Post

Well, it's time for my Sunday post and I'm not sure what to say.  I have some stories but no pictures.  And a picture is worth a thousand words.  I'd have to write over three thousand words if I were to tell you about the three things that pop into my head.  Too many words. 

My three stories would be about the monitor lizard that lives under my house, my adventure last night on my scooter and the downpour of rain that kept me from riding my scooter to church today. 

I need to remember to always keep my camera with me like an extra appendage.  I can't tell you the number of times I have wanted to kick myself because I didn't have my camera with me and thus missed an opportunity to capture something in this culture that amazes me. 

One of those moments would have been last night while I was riding my scooter.  I was stopped at a red light behind some vehicles (cars and motorcycles), and soon I was hemmed in all around by other vehicles.  I could have easily, without having to stretch at all, reached over and touched the guy on the motorcycle beside me.  There is a "lane" but it really is meaningless.  If I can find a tiny space beside you in this lane that will help me get a little closer to the front of the line, I will squeeze into that space.  When the light turned green, we all moved, like water flowing out of a pipe.  It made me nervous but no one else seemed to mind.  Guess it might not have been the best time to take a picture.  :o)

I have a monitor lizard living under my house.  I've never actually seen him but the other teachers and the kids have.  One day this lizard was in the ceiling of one of the classrooms (thank goodness not mine) and was thrashing around so badly that the lights went out for about five minutes.  We think he may have gotten tangled up in the wires.  Monitor lizards are another of those critters that are supposed to be good.  They eat rodents and snakes.  So I say live and let live, right?  Just as long as he doesn't bother me. 

Here is a picture of a monitor lizard.  Not our lizard; just an Internet picture.

I don't think ours is quite this big.  We think ours is probably about 3-4 feet long.  Big enough, I say!

I am a fair-weather Christian.  This morning when it was time to go to church, it was raining cats and dogs.  So I didn't go.  I guess I could have gone and arrived drenched. But I chose not to.  I have not yet mastered driving my scooter while holding an umbrella over my head.  Doubt that I ever will. 

I'll try to keep my camera with me all the time this next week so I can have something interesting to share with you.

Til next Sunday!