Cockroaches

Do you all know that cockroaches can fly? Well, I didn’t. Not until tonight, that is. I was minding my own business when, out of the corner of my eye, I see something fly into my room by my garbage can. Thinking it was a moth who had lost its way, I get up and look around but can’t find it. Later, I’m hand-washing some of my clothes and I hear a sound from my garbage can. Oh, I think, the moth must have flown into the garbage can. So, I gallantly decide to take the moth outside and let it go free. As I am carrying the garbage can over to the door, what pops out, but a ginormous cockroach! It surprised me so much that I practically threw the can out the door! The cockroach landed on my screen door, and then proceeded to fly BACK inside. Totally freaked out now, and very thankful to be wearing flip flops, I smashed him as fast as I could. Now, as the adrenaline fades, I’m wondering…are there more? Do cockroaches travel alone or in groups? Will I wake up in the middle of the night with a cockroach staring me in the eye? What other creatures are lurking around that I haven’t seen yet? The fun things you discover while living in Africa!