This bugs...

...As my friends from Nashville used to say when something was bugging them. In my case, these bugs really BUG! This is a poisonous centipede.
About a week ago I noticed some tiny bugs in the cabinet under our kitchen sink. I sprayed some bug spray that I brought from the U.S. and went into the bedroom. When I came back out into the kitchen it was like I was walking into a bug war zone. Dead bugs everywhere! I guess they were all living in the cabinet and came crawling out to get away from the spray and died in the kitchen floor. GROSS!!! Ryan, Andrea & I examined them and spent some time looking at pictures of bugs on the internet and Ryan and Andrea seemed to agree that they were (dum dum dum) baby cockroaches! I could almost cry as I'm typing this! I refused to believe this and continued to research until I decided they were baby flour beetles. Anyway, I went on a bug spraying rampage and used our super-strong spray (according to the directions you only need to use it every 6 months. I, however, used it 4 times this week). Last night Ryan walked into the kitchen and found this guy turned upside down on his back, dying. He was the size of my pinky finger! I screamed when I saw him, "We're staying in a hotel!!!". After he was out of the apartment Ryan started laughing because it's not like we can drive down the street and check into a Marriott. :) Needless to say, I sprayed the kitchen again last night. The good news is, at least he was dying. Which means the spray works. The bad news is, these huge roaches fly. Did you know they flew? Like finger-sized monsters flying into your apartment?! I have to quit talking about it now because it's giving me the hibbie-jibbies.

On to the next topic - football. Ryan's football team had 3 games this week. They had to make up for some rainouts. They won all 3 games so that was fun! Now for the not fun part...Ryan dislocated 2 of his fingers. He put them back into place himself (shudder) and now is wearing a little finger brace. Rabbi messed up his knee pretty bad and had to ride in an ambulance to Roseau and spend the night in the hospital! The hospital is sort of like what you picture in a war movie. One big room with a bunch of beds and only curtains to separate you from the patient next to you. Oh, and NO air conditioning! Luckily, he only had to stay one night. When you stay in the hospital you have to take your own sheets and pillow with you. It took the ambulance 3.5 hours to arrive at campus to pick him up. I'm telling you, this is not flag football that they're playing. I don't care what they call it. Anyway, this is a picture from the game this afternoon. I thought John Walker looked so cute holding the football and cheering for his Dad. He kept yelling, "Go Daddy, Go!". :)

Andrea & I went snorkeling this week. I've learned that I am a nose breather and I kind of freaked out once my nose was covered with the goggles. Once I got the hang of breathing through the mouthpiece, I really enjoyed it! We saw some pretty fish and a few crabs. At one point I saw a jellyfish and I panicked and tried to get out of the water. Then I realized it was just some floating plastic. Whew, that was a close one! Andrea saw a trumpet fish and I kind of swam right in the middle of a big school of fish. We're going to try to keep going. Yesterday I spent the whole afternoon making decorations for Andrea's birthday cake. My back was hurting from bending over the kitchen counter for 3 hours. So that's the update for now. I'm praying for no more bugs and no more bug nightmares!