* There is a commerical on TV showing scorpians crawling all over this woman’s house and her killing them with a spray. I’m having a hard enough time with spiders, mosquitoes and flies – do I really need to worry about this too?

* The mosquitoes and flies are making me a little nutty. I hear the mosquitoes buzzing around my head at night and I am covered in bites. So is poor Sabrina – she has half a dozen on her face.

* I wanted to order pizza tonight but waited until Sabrina was in bed. Who knew the pizza place would be closed at 10pm on Saturday night? The music and firewords are still going so surely I’m not the only one wanting pizza.

* I’m slowly loosening up in my fear of all things food and water here. I’ve only been hit with very very slight intestinal discomfort so I guess my vigilance has paid off up to this point.

* It is so bizarre that any random person on the street feels completely comfortable telling me I am an awful mom because my baby is too hot, too cold, should be wearing a hat, should be wearing shoes, etc. If someone in the states chastized me about one of those issues, I would likely flip them off and walk away (I’m classy like that). But here? I apologize and try to rectify the situation (or pretend I don’t understand).

* Miss Sabrina is working hard on her sitting up skills. Today she sat up for almost a minute by herself – then she realized what she was doing and fell over. Here are some photos of her attempting to sit up today.

Whoa, mom – are you sure you should let go?

Oh yeah, I got this sitting thing down cold.

Hmmm…one of us is starting to lean…

Cool down…that was quite a work out!

Self-portrait for daddy