Situation Normal, All F*cked Up

I had bought a krapfen (Christmas donut) and left.  Decided to come back to look for curly hair gel but not finding it passed through the cashier lane.  They stopped me and I explained I had already bought something and showed my receipt.  But unfortunately the previous cashier only charged me for the yogurt not the donut.  Then the manager comes saying "you can't just leave without paying for things".  Then another employee and I think 'I am going to mess around and go to the Vienna police station soon'.  I calmly explain that I will absolutely pay for anything I owe money for and quickly and then they let me go.

While bent over hand washing my clothes with my handy scrubba bag, all of a sudden my back went out.  I went to sit down and immediately the steaming hot water in the bag spilled all over me.  But I couldn't get up because of the not working back so I had to just sit there and take it.  And then attempt to finish the clothes without back.

When I work, I like to put my feet on something so my knees are at a 90 degree angle.  I'm not sure why but it feels really comfortable for my hips. My first work day in Akumal, I doing my routine of looking around the Airbnb for something to put my feet on, and spy a wastebasket next to the bed.  I think how I really don't need that next to the bed.  So I walk over pick it up and while walking it over to the desk, flip it over and test its firmness.  I put it down under the desk and all of a sudden a large black scorpion runs up the side.  

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I gasp, run to the bathroom, and start saying Hail Marys, as per protocol.  I think well I'm definitely not working today.  Then I convince myself I can't stay in here all day and slowly open the door looking for it.  Luckily it is still on the waste basket, so I clearly reach for the key on the counter next to it and quickly run out the front door.  Now what I think.

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I think well maybe I can find someone to help me because I'm not going back inside otherwise.  I find a painter and ask, "Eres bueno con escorpions" and hallelujah he responds "si claro".  So he comes to the apartment and this saint of a man uses a broom to get it into a dust pan and says "ay peligroso" to which I say "ay nooooooo".  Then he takes it outside and smashes it with a rock.  He then does a sweep to see if there are any more.  Thankfully no! After this I decide to make him a rum cake as a thank you but am not able to find him on subsequent days.

Disasters incoming

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