Giant Toads, Ants & Lizards

Bermuda is getting significantly warmer this week. I can tell summer is on its way! Since the weather is changing, we feel the creatures may be getting more active. Last night Ryan saw his first giant Bermuda toad (also know as the cane toad). He had to go back outside after bringing the dog in to see it again with a flashlight. They get huge and were brought to the island to eat cockroaches. Luckily for me, I haven't seen a live cockroach yet! We sprayed the perimeter of our house today for ants, spiders, and cockroaches. Hopefully that will keep the little pests out. Actually I shouldn't say little, the cockroaches get HUGE here!

The tree frogs are also out and noisy and we hear them "whistle" all night long. It is actually a pleasant noise and we don't mind at all. We are also starting to see more lizards also called anoles. They change colors and have been brown and green when we have seen them.

I have attached a funny picture of our bedroom over the weekend. We have ordered curtains, but they are back ordered, so Ryan made a make-shift sun shade for us over the weekend. The umbrella works nicely to keep the morning sun out of our eyes. We were getting sick of waking up every morning by 7am when the sun beat down right on our faces. Hopefully in the future we will only use the umbrella for some shade at the beach.

We went out for lunch yesterday at Mickey's at Elbow Beach Resort. It is right on the beach. It was so nice to sit outside and eat lunch. We felt like tourists! The food was decent but of course expensive. We spent $40 on a burger, a tuna sandwich, and two glasses of tap water! Of course food in general is expensive here. After charting our grocery and restaurant expenses, I found out that we spent $1,000 on food in the month of April! That is crazy for two people!

I loved my cardio boot camp classes this week. The class is an hour 3 days a week and we workout at the Arboretum. The Arboretum is a beautiful area for picnics, walking your dog, or just hanging out. I love that we can workout outside almost everyday. It hasn't rained hard here in days which is good for scooter riding, but I can tell the grass is getting very dry!

Ryan takes his actuary exam on May 12th! After that is over, hopefully we will get out more and sight see around the island. More to come soon!

Until next time...