Last night was by far the worst night since I've been here. While I was getting ready for bed, I saw a mosquito on my bed netting. I killed it, but I freaked out because I had gotten lax about putting on bug repellant because I was told that mosquitoes weren't a problem in the winter! So I proceeded to slather repellant on my neck and hands, both of which would be covered once I got into bed anyway. I also saw what looked like a hornet buzzing around our ceiling light and freaked out again. I turned the light off and jumped into bed before I was actually ready. So my hair wasn't covered. Earlier at dinner, one of the girls who has been here before, Holly told us that her first night here she didn't have a tent and woke up with a rat burrowing in her hair! So last night I woke up to someone puking next door in the bathroom and a few minutes later I felt the unmistakeable sensation of an animal crawling over my foot. I'm quite familiar with this feeling from having had cats for so long, but this time I again freaked out. I flopped around for a few minutes hoping to scare it away. Successful. But then I couldn't sleep because I could hear it still in the room scurrying around.
A few minutes later my roomate Lucy starts thrashing around. "Oh no", I'm thinking "It's in her tent now". Whereas it was probably on top of my mosquito netting which drapes from the ceiling, Lucy has a tent which she never closes, probably because she was also told that mosquitoes aren't a problem! Anyway, after several minutes of thrashing and sweeping, she zips up her tent. "Good, she at least got it out" I thought. And she didn't scream like I probably would have. But her constantly scratching in her hair for the rest of the night confirmed a genuine freakout on her part as well.
3 comments:
This is intersting .I wonder how wouldlike and when and if you visit DRCongo .I work there with UN.The place i work is Bukavu very close to Mountaun Goriilas national Park and Chimpanzee rehab center
that's the worst feeling ever! on my first visit to care i woke up with a rat on my face....gross!! i was horrified! but it's all part of the care experience...LOL
i really enjoy reading these posts! can't wait for the rest :)
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