Gecko Pics

I totally forgot about adding gecko pictures until today, so here they are.

The one in the hallway was much bigger than my thumb...

Gecko attack, the third

This is totally crazy! We have never had a gecko in our house before and now all of a sudden we are a gecko motel! Sunday night I went back to our bedroom to get something and on my way out I noticed movement from the corner of my eye. Low and behold this little gecko is hanging out on the floor in my hallway. My first thought is how the heck did it get right there...all of our other visitors have been in the bathroom sink. Then I think, I don't really want to know how it got there...what if there is another entrance point? Anyway, I ran to the kitchen and got a plastic cup and trapped Mr. Gecko under it then I made a panicked call to Jeff, who of course didn't answer his phone. I am NOT going to touch that thing, so I am trying to decide what to do. I could just leave the thing under the cup until Jeff gets back, but what if it dies, then I have a rotting gecko in my hallway. Another terrifying thought comes to me--what if I accidentally tip the cup over and it escapes...or what if it just escapes...By about this time Jeff calls and we discuss my options. I can call someone to see if they will remove the beast for me, but I don't know who our home teachers are, it seems a little too silly to call the Elders quorum president about, besides, it is getting late (9:30 ish). Finally I decide I am going to call my visiting teacher and see if her husband can come and remove the gecko. They don't answer, so I call Jeff back and it takes him 20 minutes to talk me into getting rid of the gecko myself. I put on some latex gloves (did I tell you I am NOT touching the gecko?!?), get a file folder, open the front door so I am ready for a quick escape, and go to work. Somehow I got the gecko on the first try, so I head outside. I hadn't really thought the release through, so I stand on the front porch for a moment pondering, but I can feel the gecko scrabbling around, which is really grossing me out. I come to a quick decision. I chucked everything out into the yard as far as I could throw it, waited 30 seconds so the lizard could get away from the spot, and then carefully crept over to the cup and folder, kicked at it, picked it up and tossed everything into the outside trash can. Jeff was on the phone the whole time this was happening, so I am trying not to shriek, or anything because I know he already thinks I am pretty ridiculous....luckily I was able to do it pretty quietly :)

So, I am proud to say that I have evicted my first gecko, and I hope never to do it again!

P.s. As soon as blogger fixes itself, I will upload a picture of a gecko :)

It's friday, it's friday, hurray!

I am super happy it is Friday, can you tell? It has been a really long week. I had a midterm on Tuesday, and a big test today, plus a couple of big assignments. I am really happy that I get to do some light homework this weekend :) My house is happy too--it is a DISASTER area! A "No drop by visitors, please" sort of mess. Lucky for me there is lots of time tomorrow to work on it, and as an added bonus, it will be cool--only 85! I might even get out and clean my car...it would love it too!

Yesterday was a sad day. We had a flat tire--this Malibu is a flat tire magnet! Anyway, we found it on Saturday but Costco didn't have the tire so they ordered it. Yesterday they called and said that they got the tire in, so I took it in at 12:30 thinking I had plenty of time before my 3:15 class. After an hour and forty-five minutes they called me to say that they had ordered the wrong tire, but a nearby Costco had 22 of the correct one. One has to wonder why they didn't tell me this on Saturday, but what can you do. So after my class I went to the other Costco and had to wait another 2 hours to get the tire. Mostly I was sad because I was having a hard time studying with all the people. Thankfully, I am pretty sure I did very well on my test today.

For those wondering, Jeff is out of town again this weekend, we will be gone until next Friday. This time I made sure to find some winter cloths so he shouldn't freeze if it snows on him again. I am sure that he will have lots of fun visiting with some of our friends there. I am trying really hard not to be too jealous...

Have you seen Jeff Henry?

So, it seems like I should have something fun to post, but I'll admit that my nose has been hard to the grindstone this week, so there hasn't been that much fun to be had...except for the phone call I get from Jeff on the days he is supposed to come home. Jeff has been in Utah since last Monday (the 24th of September), I am now hoping that he will make it home Thursday night, but my faith is waxing cold :) I have been guaranteed that he will be home twice now, and both times he has had to stay several more days. My only hope is that if he gets delayed again for some reason, he will be home for this weekend...but that may be wishful thinking. He should have some fun things to post when he gets home--I know there was a visit with Janine, Nick, Reid, Gage, and Sarah and I think some snow....I guess we will find out more later :)