I wasn't planning on my 1:30am trip to the bathroom to be when I got up permanently for the day, but that is how it ended up. As I came back from the bathroom and entered my room, in the semi-darkness (I have a nightlight in the room), I saw something crawling on the floor towards my bed. Because it was still a bit dark in the room, I approached the black creature just a little bit to try to make it out...a tail and 2 "claws"...yep, it was the first ever live scorpion I have seen down here. Just like my summer encounters with the once in a great while tarantula in the house, I decided to go get a broom to sweep it out of the house, because Why kill God's creatures?
When I got back to the room with the broom, the scorpion was no longer visible, so I had to turn on the lights. Because it was headed towards my bed, I decided to look under my bed. By that time it had crawled all the way to the wall and was in the crevice where the floor meets the wall. I took the broom and jammed it into the crevice just to the left of the scorpion and then gave a swift hard sweep quickly to the right, hoping that I would sweep it out into the open area to more easily get it out the door and back into nature. Well, not only did the scorpion not appear in the open area of the room, it was no longer in that crevice. I checked the bottom of the broom, not here either. My only conclusion was that it had now crawled up onto the bed. Yep, I was now very much awake!
There was no way I was crawling back into my bed. So I decided to shower, pack and get ready for my travels home at 1:30am. When I was completely awake, I pulled the bedding very carefully (never saw the scorpion again) and threw it in the washer. Because the house didn't have a dryer, when it was done being washed, I hung it carefully over the gates in the kitchen to dry. I made sure the rest of my suitcase was packed and I was ready to go. I don't remember much else about the day (as I write this in June 2024), but I did travel home with the team...although my flight out of Comayagua was a bit later than the team's flight. Obviously I made it home safely and this store will be continued in June!
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