Expats in Costa Rica: This Bathroom Is Inhabited, Please

This is Pipa.

She’s a teeny tiny "house" gecko, and she lives in the bathroom at our cabina.

You can’t really tell from the photo, but she’s about as long as a toothpick, and as big around as 3 toothpicks put together.

Pipa was my nurse and companion today while Montezuma took his revenge.

Wave after wave of nausea caused me to retch helplessly into the sink.

Luckily, I could reach it from the seated position.

Pipa looked on sympathetically from the shower, her tiny reptile eyes warm with compassion.

“I’m so sorry, Pipa,” I said. “I didn’t mean to barge in here and trash the place.”

"No te preocupes, hermana," she said.  "Mierda sucede."

(Don't worry, sister.  Shit happens.)