Today I was thinking of some of the new things that we have experienced in the past few months. It is interesting to think that in a few months (it might take a few years) some of these new things will actually seem normal to us (at least this is what people tell us). Since in a few months (or years) when these things seem normal to me I might not want to write about these normal, everyday things, I thought I had better write about them now, while they are still new.
We are living at a c
ottage on Lake Malawi while we wait to rent a house in Lilongwe. One of the first things that screamed "NEW" to me was the fact that the ceiling of this house is made of grass...well, it is a hatch roof I guess. It really is pretty. However, it might not be a well known fact that lizards fall regularly from this grass ceiling! They seem to try to aim for poor unsuspecting people (not children or anybody who actually thinks it's "cool" to have a lizard fall on them). I think that all of the lizards are up in the ceiling and when they get bored they pick a baby lizard to jump down and liven up the place.
ottage on Lake Malawi while we wait to rent a house in Lilongwe. One of the first things that screamed "NEW" to me was the fact that the ceiling of this house is made of grass...well, it is a hatch roof I guess. It really is pretty. However, it might not be a well known fact that lizards fall regularly from this grass ceiling! They seem to try to aim for poor unsuspecting people (not children or anybody who actually thinks it's "cool" to have a lizard fall on them). I think that all of the lizards are up in the ceiling and when they get bored they pick a baby lizard to jump down and liven up the place. 
One day we were looking out at our beautiful view of the lake and saw some strange clouds over the water. It looked like smoke but we couldn't imagine why it would be over the lake. Well, we found out that night. We were all in our room watching one of my favorite movies, White Christmas. As we left our room after the movie we were shocked to see that the thick fog that had been over the lake was now in our livingroom. Bugs!!! They were everywhere! We found out that during the rainy season it is not uncommon for these clouds of bugs to come across the water and to enter houses if the lights are on. It took us a long time to clean up after the bug infestation of 07. Alissa and I had to go through everything and clean; there were piles and piles of black bugs everywhere. I found out that the man who works on the property thought we were so silly; spending so much time cleaning up after something that will just come back again. Sigh. You know, maybe I won't get used to everything in just a year.
2 comments:
Oh man. I don't know how you can stand the bug/lizard combination. I'm glad the kids are there to protect you :)
I would have thought it was some sort of wind storm - definitely not a bug swarm. Wow!! Okay, next time I'm tempted to complain about ANY sort of bug situation, I'll put that picture in my mind :) Love your blog! Hope you are all doing great!
Angela
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