Lizard Tale

Because spiders aren't enough to contend with, now Australia has thrown lizards, or geckos as they're more commonly referred to as, right in our faces.

We noticed him the other night, minding his own business on the wall. After consulting with her sister, Meredith felt assured that he would not harm us. He was, in fact, only about three inches long. And kind of cute, actually. Then he disappeared. Meredith covered a hole we thought he was getting in and out of.

Well how come tonight I saw him again? Chillin' like a  reptile chills when he's on a wall? I felt confident. I was going to scare him back into the hole he came from.

I moved toward him and he ran down the wall, finding solace behind the ironing board. So I tapped, tapped and tapped some more on the board until it finally drove him out from behind it. Standing next to the fridge, he cowered, waiting till my next move. I could think of nothing else to do but head in his direction, hoping he'd consider exiting under the front door. So I did. And he didn't. Instead, he  scurried beneath my feet to places that are currently unknown. (I will admit to a muffled shriek. Meredith, as though nothing was wrong, was asleep.)

Despite knowing better, I feel like he is perpetually scaling my leg. Good stuff.