A winter story of woe from Florida.
Every year that we've lived in this house we have had an unwanted guest wintering in the outside bathroom: A Cuban frog. Usually we discover them in the Spring when we prepare the patio for warmer weather and it's usually a tragic finding because the frog is desiccated. Dried out, paper thin because we don't have a need to visit the outside commode over Winter and the water in the toilet dries out.
It was distressing enough that this Fall we thought we would be clever and put caps on all the outlets that connect to the house through the roof. Therefore, no frog or insect could possibly find entry into the house from the vents.
But after all that work, I suspected that there was still one in the bathroom that never got out. Now that I visit the outside bathroom to water plants that I have started growing in the room, I did see circumstantial evidence of an inhabitant. Mostly, movement in the water when I opened the door, and sometimes specs of dirt or grit.
But, it's been a month and I was just beginning to believe the water movement was due because the act of opening the door might have been breaking the suction in the room, causing the water to move. But I was wrong.
Tonight I actually saw the squatter. Jumped straight into that dark hole where remnants of our humanity start the flume ride into the unknown.
Shit, now what do I do? I won't leave the door open, because that will just invite another. There's a reason why those frogs winter in that outside bathroom. It's not just the warmth and water. It's also the delectable insects they might find.
The only good thing about having those frogs in an outside bathroom is the absence of Florida roaches.
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