After the bed bug fiasco I was moved into the new tree house cabana on the property. This is hands down the coolest place I have slept during my entire eight months on the road. While it is supposed to be rustic it feels like luxury accommodations for me. Mind you this is coming from a woman who has slept in a tent in -302498309 degree weather on top of a mountain and on a straw mat on a floor so anything better than that would seem like a nights stay at the Waldorf Astoria.
All seemed well until today when I was relaxing in my quarters minding my own business and had to use the bathroom. I got up from my desk and proceeded to put my feet in my flip flop and felt a huge pinch followed by PAIN. I looked down assuming I had stepped on a piece of exposed wood or a nail. Being that I was in a newly constructed tree house and all this didn’t seem so far fetched. Well uh…I looked down and you will not guess what I saw on the floor. THIS…..
Yes, that is a scorpion. The next few seconds were kind of fuzzy. All I remember is screaming at the top of my lungs and flying down the 12 or so stairs that led up to my tree house. I was literraly running for my life. The owner who is also my boxing coach didn’t seem to believe me (flashback to the bedbug situation) and continued to gossip chit chat with a friend. Being that the only time I’ve seen a scorpion is when it was tattooed on the side of someone’s arm I didn’t know if I was going to lose my eyesight or fall over and die in the next 45 seconds. I repeatedly asked the lady what I should do next her response…. IGNORE. I went from in PAIN to fuming at this point. A fellow boxer who was also staying on the property was really concerned. He insisted I look up “scorpion bites Costa Rica” on Google to see what I could expect. He also came up to my room to look for the dreaded beast.
The owner eventually made her way up there when she saw that everyone else was concerned. Lurking under the bed was the infamous scorpion. Hmm…so I’m not a liar. Go figure. *Rolling eyes*
It has been several hours since the incident and although my foot feels like it’s going to fall off any second now… I am still alive. Thank God!