i have a gecko on my arm and cockroaches in my kitchen

one of the perks of living in africa: when it rains all the little creatures come out to play. okay, so the geckos are around all the time (on the walls, on the ceilings), but after yesterday's afternoon downpour i was plagued by more cockroaches than i could count. and, they were gi-normous. the evening started out inocuously enough. i was laying on the couch watching the gilmore girls when i felt something whisk my arm. figured it was uno. nope. it was a gecko...on my arm. i'm sure i made some sort of girlish sound (more surprise than fear) before swiping it onto the floor. where was uno? asleep on my desk chair. he managed to lift his head to look at the gecko, then he complacently fell back asleep. my trust in my cat's hunting skills were momentarily diminished. then, i went to the kitchen for a glass of water, and what did i find? not less than 5 cockroaches scurrying around like they owned the place. yuck. no doubt, lots of girlish sounds (ok, screams) came out of me as i chased them around trying to kill them. there's just something about cockroaches that really bugs me. double yuck.
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i've heard many cat owners talk about finding a dead mouse or dead bird on their back porch that has been placed there as a "gift" by their dutiful hunter-cats. well, my faith in uno as a hunter was restored this morning when i woke up to find 2 huge dead cockroaches laying next to my bed with uno standing proudly next to them. yep, i'm going to encourage a repeat of that behavior.