Day 7.5. Scary things

Things were going well. We'd had a good presentation to about 40 women. The kids were well behaved. We'd washed for and washed clothes in the creek. Jono had even left us almond butter. We were all pretty excited about the last day of Pap smears. 

We made it back to the community center with enough time to string our hammocks prior to dinner at 7pm. 

Dadada... Cue creepy music. 

Theresia was looking up at the rafters and noted a scorpion... It was black with small pinchers perched in the rafters. about 12 ft off the ground. Second later Katie alerted us to a large tarantula in the second room. She and shanna quickly took care of the tarantula with some chacos as a plan was formulated to remove the scorpion. Mentally my plan was to get all my stuff closed up and out of there ASAP. Couldn't really recall any wilderness training on scorpions - and felt avoidance was prudent. Minutes later 2 more scorpions were discover in the room with the tarantula. Images of Lara croft tomb raider began going through my head. One of those scorpions was killed - and then Blake found another above the door. A consensus to get all of our stuff out was quickly formed. New sleeping arrangements were a must. A couple of the more adventurous states they'd stay there. I knew I'd have nightmares sleeping there. No way. 

We had a nice Calhoun cabbage with potato like things and corn tortillas at the Acolade's home. Katie, yesenia, and shanna worked some magic and now we are sleeping in their guest house/ room. We all strung up our hammock and are ready for bed...

My only phone resoure about scorpions...Initiate treatment as soon as possible in patients who develop clinically important signs of scorpion envenomation, including but not limited to loss of muscle control, roving or abnormal eye movements, slurred speech, respiratory distress, excessive salivation, frothing at the mouth, and vomiting.

As we found out the emergency department is only open sometimes - and they don't have much as far as medical treatments here not sometime I want to fool with...