The Wrong Profession

I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE PICKED SOMETHING ELSE TO BE! (I'M KIDDING ABOUT THAT) BUT WHAT I'M SERIOUS ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT 10 HR. DAYS ARE NO FUN! AFTER MY SECOND DAY AT WORK I HAVE DETERMINED THAT 10+ HRS. A DAY IS GOING TO BE THE NORM AND THEREFORE GOING OUT WILL BE LIMITED TO THE WEEKENDS. SINCE IT GETS DARK AROUND 7:30PM HERE, AND I GET OFF AFTER 7, GOING OUT JUST ISN'T AN OPTION. (I MEAN WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, WANDER THE STREETS ALONE IN THE DARK? DOUBTFUL!)

ANYWAY, ON A MORE PLEASANT NOTE - THIS IS WHAT I WOKE UP TO THIS MORNING:

CUTE, RIGHT? I WAS SO GLAD TO SEE MY TWO FAVORITE FACES! (THANKS AGAIN HANKO FOR THE EMAILED PIC!)

WELL, YESTERDAY I BATTLED THE BEAST -- AND I WON! OK, SO BEAST MAY BE A BIT OF AN EXAGGERATION, BUT THERE WAS WILDLIFE IN MY ROOM NONETHELESS! THERE HAS BEEN A GECKO COMING IN MY ROOM FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS - SLIPPING IN THROUGH A CRACK IN THE WALL WHERE THE WALL-UNIT AIR CONDITIONER IS. WELL HE AND I PLAYED CHASEY-CHASEY A FEW TIMES, BUT I COULD NEVER GET HIM. YESTERDAY WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK -- HE WAS ON THE TOILET. (CAN WE ALL JUST SAY A "THANK YOU JESUS!" THAT I HADN'T SAT DOWN YET?!) WELL, I CAUGHT HIM IN A BIG BUCKET THAT IS IN MY BATHROOM (I ASSUME FOR CLEANING PURPOSES) AND I RAN FRANTICALLY INTO THE LIVINGROOM WITH THE BUCKET (WHICH I WAS GOING TO GIVE TO ONE OF THE GUYS HERE). NOW YOU MIGHT BE THINKING "UH OH, THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH." NEVER FEAR - MY FACE SAID IT ALL! THE YOUNG GUY LOOKED AT ME, TOOK A TENTATIVE LOOK IN THE BUCKET, AND QUICKLY WALKED ONTO THE TERRACE TO DUMP OUT MR. GECKO. I AM GLAD HE IS GONE (NO MORE FEAR OF LIZARDS ON MY FACE WHILE I SLEEP) - BUT I AM PRAYING HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS HE LEFT BEHIND!

WE HAD A MEETING DURING LUNCH TODAY, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS -- FREE FOOD! SAY IT WITH ME NOW -- "APRIL IS NOT GETTING DELHI-BELLY!" (THAT IS A CUTESY TERM COINED TO DESCRIBE TRAVELER'S DIARRHEA.) I KEEP THINKING THAT IF I SAY IT ENOUGH, IT WILL BE TRUE. THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING WELL SO FAR, BUT THERE WAS DEFINITELY A FUNNY FEELING IN THE 'OLE TUM-TUM TODAY. SO, LET'S ALL HOPE FOR THE BEST!