tonight i'm having trouble sleeping. (so what else is new?!). I woke up to squeeze myself some lemons for lemonade, and also to take some more cough medicine. its amazing how quickly 6 hours can pass!
i've been blind for some time. ok, i'm not BLIND, but ever since 3rd grade I've worn glasses, and my vision has been pretty bad for a while. I'm quite used to it...and i'm pretty good at getting around when i can't see.
Anyways, i went to turn off the light when i realized that if i had taken one more step, i would have stomped on this spider. i usually walk around barefoot if i get up at night...and needless to say it would have been unpleasant.
we both were there motionless for some time. i actually grabbed my camera with the cracked screen, put batteries in it, took 4 pictures, turned on the computer, and checked the pictures while the spider stayed in the same spot.
once i saw i had a decent picture, i faced the dilemma of throwing my sandal at the spider. i decided against it, and for some reason stomped the sandal on the ground next to it in order to scare it away.
i don't know why i did that. what i used to do when we lived out in the country (and would see some HUGE spiders) was grab a glass with a wide opening and place it over the spider. i would then slide a paper or book underneath...and take the spider outside for release.
the interesting thing about spiders is that they have a pretty good homing "device" on them. they come back if you don't take them far away enough.
anyway, we are going to fumigate because of a rise in ants and fleas (and apparently big spiders). I recently sprayed some, but i think we're going to have to bomb and/or call in some professionals.
anyways, i was having a hard enough time sleeping as it was...but now i'm even worse thinking that this huge spider is gonna come get me with his buddies. maybe i shouldn't watch so many movies.
13 June 2007
si las pulgas no eran suficiente...
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