I purposely made him bigger in this picture so you could get the full impact of his giganticness. As I explained to Auntie E today, he's probably about the length of my index finger from the tip of one leg to the other. He's been rogue in our house for three days now, having snuck away in the night when I failed to suck him up in the vacuflow last weekend. I have to say, he's been on my mind. There isn't a time that I have gone into our front hall without taking an extra look on the ground, on the ceiling, in the corners for him. The first morning he was missing, I actually reached into my shoes to make sure he wasn't in there. Must have been intuition.Now this story comes to you second hand. Despite a killer headache, which was not successfully slept away this afternoon when I snuggled into Bean's bed with him for a 2 hour nap, I headed to the gym. I think it was a good idea. My energy was low and I was not in top form on my step, but I persevered and feel better for releasing some toxins from my pores. When I returned home, the kids were in bed and Papa was on the couch watching a taped soccer game, but the contents of Bean's backpack were strewn across the kitchen floor. Not a strange sight, as he will often rummage through his backpack for things, but strange that it hadn't been cleaned up. So I asked...and here's the story.
Apparently Bean went into his bag looking for something. The item is irrelevant. Within mere seconds, says Papa, he was across the room screaming and in the lazyboy. He had found the spider. The little bugger had crawled down from his ceiling corner and found a cozy spot inside Bean's backpack, inside his HAT. Who knows how long he's actually been in there. I seem to recall Bean actually wearing that hat this week, so probably only a day or two. So Papa to the rescue. The only details I could get were that the spider was big and fast, but Papa managed to scoop him back up and place him safely outside on our front deck. Needless to say, the sliding door is now firmly locked with no intentions of opening it until spring. Luckily, the kids got to watch him remove the spider so they are assured of their safety. All I can say, is thank GOODNESS the spider was found on Papa's watch and not mine as my method of extraction would likely have not been as clean or humane. At least I can go to bed resting a bit easier. Although having increased the size of the picture, I'm really feeling squeemish about the whole thing.
Here's some nicer pictures for the rest of your day....
2 comments:
That is the nastiest looking spider, holy cow! Gives me the heebie geebies just thinking about it, let alone staring at the picture. Glad daddy dealt with him. I would have done what mommy was thinking, though probably even LESS 'nice'. I hope Bean isn't freaked out about reaching into his backpack now...!
I too would have ended his existance.
Does that mean that women ( mothers) are more violent or just where their offspring are concerned???
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