the lizard of oz

NEWS FLASH: naveed has started a blog. it is a fantastic blog about her reflections on life and God based on her experiences. she’s a deep person.

today, naveed, cow and i were sitting in the kitchen chatting. we have a small, less often used bathroom directly across the kitchen...it’s ‘cause there is a bandage on the toilet seat. anyway, naveed just happened to enter it to use the sink while cow and i were still in the kitchen. all of a sudden, naveed runs to us screaming, ‘there’s a lizard in the bathroom! it’s by the toilet!!!’ ‘a lizard in the bathroom?!’ questions cow. ‘ewwww...gross!!’ i remark disgustedly. the three of us cautiously creep towards the bathroom door afraid the lizard might slither past our feet. naveed peers into the bathroom from just behind the crack of the door as i look over her shoulder and cow over mine. suddenly, i see a long black thing near my foot! i shriek thinking it’s the slimy lizard! this sets off a chain reaction...cow jumps back and screams and naveed...oh boy....naveed just goes berserk. she screams and starts dancing the jig all the way to the living room. by this time, cow and i realize that the thing is not a lizard. our screams turn into laughter as we watch naveed change her jig into jerky robotic movements....she thinks the lizard is crawling up her shirt. ‘naveed!!!!’ we yell to snap her out of her seizure. she comes to her senses as she sees me holding the black thing. what we thought was the lizard was in fact the black scrunchie that fell from naveed’s hair.