I made a friend at work today

He was just chilling in the section next to ours, hiding behind some dresses.  He's pretty far from any semblance of outdoors, I hope he finds enough to eat in the store.  Also gross that he probably does.

There is a desk downstairs for international guests and when I went the other day they were set up at a little card table across the way.  I asked why and she said, "Oh, our entire desk was infested with spiders".  She seemed more annoyed to have to be displaced than she did about working in a spider infested lair.  It makes me think of Laura and how her car was always full of spiders.

Ahahaha.  I love Florida.

he found me

As you may recall I had a gecko friend living with me at my dad's.  You can refresh your memory here.

Last night Heather spotted this guy hanging out on the ceiling in between our front doors.  I am going to believe that it's the same one and it just took him all this time to creep his way down to Ft. Lauderdale.

I'm glad he did!  I hope he will come and live inside with me.  Summer is fast approaching and I would prefer to not be overrun with sugar ants.

I know I can count on little salvador.

talk about a hood ornament

I almost didn't notice him at first, he had his galaxy black camouflage working pretty well.

I like having a car friend but it makes me wonder what ever happened to my house gecko.  I saw him that one other time but that's it.  I thought maybe he'd turn up as I was clearing everything out but I guess he was in hiding.

Unless he hitched a ride with me and I've just yet to find him in my new place.  I hope that's the case.

In the meantime at least I have outdoor friends to keep me company.

still creepin' and peepin'

He's passed through my mind a few times in the past week but I hadn't seen him since the first time until yesterday when I opened the blinds in my room.  He was in between the two panes of glass, but on the inside of the house so I guess that means he's still hanging out.

Since I first saw him in the bathroom and have no seen him on my bedroom window it leads me to the conclusion that he gets around.  He must feel pretty comfortable to be willing to traverse that much open space, especially with that angry cat lurking around.  Of course the gecko has probably realized by now that the detective is far too busy with his crime stopping to worry about a tiny gecko.

And thank goodness because I hope this little guy stays around for a long time.

two secret friends

A woman came to Starbucks yesterday while I was working outside and tied up this nice lady while she went in to get coffee.  The woman came out several times to check on her and she would say, "have you been behaving?" and the little doggy would sit exactly like that, like a perfect little angel.  As soon as the woman went back inside the dog would resume running around the table and chairs as crazily as possible in an attempt to get attention from any person she could possibly see.  Somehow she was always untangled and back in that spot right before the woman came back outside to check on her.  I would have tried to pet her but I was convinced the woman would blame me for luring her dog away from her spot.

Later at home I had finished taking a shower and was brushing my teeth when I suddenly spotted this ninja hiding behind the mirror:

I'm not sure if geckos can't see mirrored surfaces so he thought he was really well hidden or what but he never even flinched while I was taking pictures of him:

I once enquired at Petco about releasing a gecko in the house as a form of pest control and they all said it was a foolish idea.  I feel very vindicated for having found this guy in the bathroom all by his own doing.  He chose it here, and I like to think it has something to do with the "wet coral" paint job.

I wonder if there is any way I can make his life more comfortable.  I certainly want to encourage his survival as he will provide sure protection from all kinds of jungle creepy crawlies that exist down here.

I'm certainly not getting any protection from this guy: