I loved your update, although not the part of you burning foot. When you burn again, potato peels do wonders to let the burning stop and I speak out of my own experience. But you should apply it and keep it on the burn right after the accident happened!
What we call a Salamander we call here gecko's. We have lots of them visiting all the time. Some people don't want them in the house but we love them. Sometimes we watch as they catch moths, bugs or mosquitos.
Glad everything else went smoothly. God bless!