The Gecko!

I know I live in Hawaii and am lucky to be in such a warm, beautiful place but seriously I cannot deal with the geckos and cockroaches! This morning we had a very traumatic experience with a gecko. I went into the kitchen to get a pot or pan or something for Julien to bang on and when I opened the cupboard there was a lizard running around on the pots and pans…sick!!! People keep telling me that they are good because they eat the other bugs and that they can’t hurt you but that just doesn’t make me feel better when it’s in my KITCHEN. I don’t care if they run around outside, but get out of my house!!! I started freaking out and like any girl yelled for my husband to come in and save the day…too bad he is almost as terrified of the things as I am. I am not sure of what all he did I was in the other room trying not to pass out (seriously) but I do know that the Gecko is now tailless, covered in raid but still in my kitchen! It ran underneath the washer and won’t come out. I am just praying its dead but I don’t think it is. Landon had to go to class and left me and the boy home alone with the gecko. I just get nauseous every time I think about it running around and the possibility of it getting on me! Why can’t there just be a place that is beautiful and warm and not infested with crawling things?