Lizards, Air Conditioners, and Ninendo, oh my!

There's really no rhyme or reason to this post. Just a few randoms to maybe entertain or wonder about...

1. Last night we had our high school semi-formal/staff Christmas party. During the party, we had a white elephant gift exchange. For those who aren't sure what that is, it's when you take something from your house that you don't necessarily need/like/want, and you hand it off in a sort of yard sale Yankee swap. One of the girls got a Mario Bros. Nintendo cartridge. The original Nintendo, mind you. She looked at it and said, "What does this play in?" It was a good laugh. I felt old, though! I remember when the NES first came out, and we got one for Christmas! Oh, how the times have changed!

2. So I woke up this morning sweating like mad, because it was so warm in my apartment. And it's not because I had the heat on. No, it was all natural South Florida heat! So I had to turn the air conditioner on. Now, I know some of you up north are just aching to tell me to shut up and enjoy it, but let me tell you something. It's very hard to get into the Christmas spirit when the weather feels the same as it does all year round! And what do songs like Let It Snow and Winter Wonderland have anything to do with it when there's no snow to speak of?!? I miss snow and freezing and NEEDING hot chocolate, not just wanting it. I can't wait to get back to Maine for Christmas break. I have 13 sleeps. I pray it goes quickly and break goes slowly!

3. So, are you wondering yet where the lizard fits in? Well, here ya go. I left the AC running when I went to church today. I came home and was doing things around the apartment. I happened to glance at the AC unit in the window and saw a LIZARD'S TAIL flopped over one of the vents! I went over, and half of a lizard's body was visible. I was grossed! I touched the tail, and it didn't move, so I figured it was dead. I was so afraid that, if I pulled it out, it would only be half a lizard! So I went next door and got my landlord, lol. I told him that I might be acting totally girly right now, but I couldn't bring myself to pull this lizard out of my AC unit! So he came over and started to pull it out, and he goes, "Hey, it's alive!" And sure enough, it was! He carried the lizard outside by the tail, and the thing looked like a frozen lizardcube! The poor thing was so frozen it couldn't move, but as soon as we set him outside in the sun, he started to move a little. He looked like he was drunk as he was trying to walk, but he just had to warm up. Then he eventually took off. I'm so glad my AC unit didn't chop the thing in half, and now I have an entertaining lizard story to go with the one from my childhood. Don't know that one? Maybe I'll blog about the tramatizing events later...