Welcome to the Jungle

Still busy, I've had about 6 weeks of school with no breaks.  It's exam week though, which means I have a little extra time.
     Lately, it seems like I'm being introduced to the "wildlife" of Taiwan.  About two weeks ago, on my way to class, I encountered a large group of students yelling at me in Chinese.  Finally, one got out the word "snake."  I'm not really afraid of snakes, we have small snakes in Ohio.  But I looked over the railing and saw a snake slightly larger than the ones in Ohio.  It was probably 3-4 feet long, and I swear it turned around and looked at me, daring me to go down the steps, onto the sidewalk, and cross its path.  Then it promptly turned the other way, towards the school driveway, and gave me an opportunity to run to class.  Literally.  Later my co-teacher explained that it was "dangerous," and someone had to come and get rid of it.  If it was venomous, it was probably one of these: Chain Viper, judging from the size and coloring.  Then a few days ago, I got the bright idea to try something I saw on Pinterest, and it involved moving my wardrobe.  I pulled it away from the wall, only to find a huge cockroach, smashed into the wall behind it.  Pinterest fail?  I did get brave enough to get a broom and sweep it up, but the wardrobe is staying in the same place for now.  Then this morning, while I'm reading my book, minding my own business, there was a huge bee/wasp flying around the office.  The Taiwanese co-teachers asked what I was staring at, but weren't overly concerned.  I however, spent about 10 minutes holding a binder over my head, prepared to defend myself.  And finally, a few minutes after I let my guard down, my eyes were drawn to a large spider, crawling on the phone receiver.  I did get brave enough to kill it, only because I would hate for someone to grab the phone and get a nasty surprise.  And I'm allergic to spider bites.
   I have two months left here, just a little under sixty days.  The kids are ready for summer to get here, that's kind of universal I think.  I don't have any major travel plans, but I might do something fun, in between bug fighting and evading snakes, ha ha.