Thursday, August 21st 2008

When I started this blog I knew I would be "lucky" if I ran into at least one spider on a daily basis, and that most days would be spider free. I also knew there would be days where I saw more than one spider (for example, the day in late June when I killed 5 spiders in my basement in as many minutes). Today was the latter.

Let me start off by saying I have no job right now, allowing me to wake up whenever I please. I rolled out of bed around 3pm to take a shower (for what reason, I don't know), and as soon as I walked into the bathroom it was game time. Two spiders up in the corner of the bathroom. This was obviously a HUGE no-no, so after assessing the whole situation I decided I had enough time to get my camera because they didn't seem to be going anywhere. I got my digital camera and snapped a picture.

After I took this picture the little one started flying all over the ceiling and I freaked out, realized I hadn't prepared for that reaction, and had NO GOOD OBJECT available to kill it with. Shampoo bottles, soap containers, toothbrushes...get serious. I need something that is thick and has a big flat surface. I stepped out of the bathroom and found a Vonnegut book (Bluebeard) and quickly killed it. Vonnegut would be so proud. Next was the big one, which had since moved into the corner of the ceiling. This was a little tougher because I had to perfectly dig the corner of the book into the corner of the ceiling, and it was a little hard to reach. I tried and failed!!! The spider fell to the floor!!! You have no idea how fast my feet were in the air when that happened. Sitting on the sink, I peeked behind the toilet to see where it went. I soon saw the big creeper climbing up the wall back to it's little corner. Vonnegut soon became 2/2, and our bathroom became (visibly) spider-free.

I was kind of freaked out because there were 2 spiders in one little area, and that's double the creepy. However, I soon realized that that's a GOOD thing. In fact, I wish every spider in my house would go to the same spot that way I could just drop a big box on them, shut down this blog, and live without the threat of spiders crawling on my face while I sleep.

You may be wondering why I kill the spiders instead of setting them free outside. So many reasons.

-Spiders don't know you're trying to set them free. They aren't going to be nice to you while you do it so there's still a chance they will bite you/crawl up your arm.

-I have a big, curly head of hair. If I'm showering/pooping/peeing and a spider drops into my hair, I probably won't find it for a really long time.

-The spider obviously liked it indoors, so if I put it outside how do I know it won't do a u-turn and come right back in?

-GUYS. THEY'RE JUST SPIDERS.

Daily Spider Count: 2

Weekly Spider Count: 4

Overall Feeling: A little nervous but also a little powerful