Thursday Night Fun and More

Thursday night Fun! I’m writing this on Thursday but I’m not sure when I’ll have access to the internet to post this. I’ve decided this might be a good way to do things since my internet access is spotty at times.

So, hopefully along with this post I will have a picture of my Thursday night visitor. He wanted to be my roommate but I just had to put an end to that. I chased him around my room and opened my window with the hope of his departure. Alas I couldn’t seem to do it. After taking pictures and a video, I went downstairs to look for help. The TV was on, but I could find no one! I went back up, speaking to the lizard in Spanish pleading with him to leave, he just darted from one side of my curtains to the other. In another desperate attempt I went downstairs again. My Mexican Mother (Carmen) was just coming out of the bathroom. I told her there was a lagatiga en mi cuarto and she understood immediately and got Eric, my savior what twice before (the cockroach and what else, I can’t remember). They both came up to my room and Eric took off his sandals much to the horror of both Carmen and myself. Fortunately his plan, which worked, was to use them to shepherd the lizard to the open window. As soon as it ran out I closed the vantana y all was well. I’m still a little wound up, but it’s ok. I realize that it was more afraid of me than I was of it, I was still uncomfortable with it in my room. I considered at one point just going to sleep, but knew that was impossible. Carmen told me the name of the lizard, I can only remember the beginning of it, Beso or kiss in Spanish. Evidently these lizards open and close their mouths as if in a kiss. I sure didn’t notice! They are harmless but she told me that they make her uncomfortable as well. She wished me a tranquil sleep when they left me. I think that is possible.

In other news, evidently I misunderstood part of the story of the house in the garden we went to on Tuesday because today we went to la casa de la India Bonita. In other words the house of la amante de Maximilian. This house is also a museum and was one a restaurant. It’s garden is a wonderful herbal and medicinal garden. Every plant in the garden has a use of some sort, some as herbs, some as food, some as medicine. Of distinction were the Mala Mujer (the bad woman). This plant is strong medicine. It can burn off a wart or just cause you pain. There was sugar cane, coffee tree, a cacao tree, agave and cinnamon. It was a great experience to see plants from all over the world here in Cuernavaca where the climate is just perfect for everything! After all, it is the city of eternal spring. I wonder why the orchids weren’t in bloom then. Hmmm. I left my camera at home so disafortadamente there won’t be any pictures from me. Waaa.

Tomorrow we go shopping American style in Mexico. It should be fun. Saturday we are off to Xochicalcle y los pirámides. Oh yeah, I’ll take tons of pictures there (unless I forget the camera again)!