Critter day

• A medium-sized (i.e., three inches across) spider has taken up abode somewhere near my bathroom sink. Thankfully it seems more scared of me than I am of it.
• Likewise, a family of five baby lizards have apparently hatched in my bedroom. They're now roaming the ceiling in search of small insects to snap up.
• A maya bird somehow got into our office sometime after 5pm and spent the next three quarters of an hour trying to find a way out. After noticing that it was attracted to our light fixtures (probably thinking they're some kind of opening), I helped it out by turning off most of the lights inside the office. It was quite a relief to see it finally fly out the door we had left open for it.

Sunday surprises

• Samantha Stosur defeating a tantrum-throwing 13-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams to win her maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open.
• Exchanging SMS texts every three minutes on the average with Joel for three hours in the last hours of the evening. We talk about our work, the ongoing search for a new Chancellor, our parents, music (no surprise there), watching Stomp this October at the CCP and the Symbian OS.