Spiders.
I hate them. I can admit that. I am a loving person but I H A T E spiders.
Tonight – after I had already spent time in the kitchen wiping down the coffee pot, counter, blender, window frame and whatever else I could reach with vinegar and then alcohol in order to remove all traces of yum for the few sugar ants we saw followed up by putting out the poison bait we use outside – I had to use the little girls room.
I got settled in and my mate is telling me he went on spider patrol and had found one earlier. Just as he is sharing this little tale – I look off to my left – and saw one – right there – 12 inches from my face – right next to the damn toilet paper. I am in mid-stream and start screaming for my mate to “KILL IT KILL IT” – while willing my body frantically to “HURRY UP AND FINISH” whilst I moved as much as I could AWAY from it causing me to just stand up and having one of those “Depends” moments. Well, wishing I HAD them at that moment. Which I didn’t – and don’t.
I rush out of the bathroom – struggling to get my clothes back into position – mate dashes in with flashlight and bug killer (in this case a dollar store cheap @ss fly swatter) – looking at the wall asking where it is. My voice is still high pitched as I say “it’s right THERE! SEE IT? No, no over THERE! NO you aren’t SEEING it. It’s RIGHT THERE. YES right by the toilet paper. NO OFF TO THE RIGHT!”
omg
Spider drama.
So mate finally sees it – announces seconds later “I GOT IT” then says “uh oh”.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO there are to be NO “uh oh’s” when you are on a mission to hunt spiders – ESPECIALLY once you claim to have found it.
Well the uh oh turned out to be the destruction of the fly swatter (which is what you get when you buy one at the dollar store – well technically it’s now called the $1.25 store but this is not a political piece so I will spare you the rhetoric).
So all ended well – except for the spider which I know there are some who catch them in a cup and with a napkin or index card, cover up the card and place it outside. I used to be one of those. Until I had a child. Then all sense of fairness went out the window and my mama brain coupled with my need to keep her safe over-ruled all sense of that fairness so when a potential threat was in the house it went from “oooh it’s ok little guy let me put you outside” to “KILL IT”.
So that’s my story. It wasn’t funny at the time – but now? Yeah, I can find reason to laugh – mostly at myself.
May your evening/day be peaceful, free of any harm or threat, undies dry.
Love,
Victoria
I’m sorry but I’m laughing. I have had that happen to me but with a cockroach ( I live in the country & we have plenty of oak trees & with them comes lots of cockroaches. Except when I jumped off the toilet I peed on the bathroom floor to get away from it while hubby killed it. So I can relate, but for your ant problem I’m going to share a lil old time remedy if you put a line of regular table salt the ants will not cross the salt line. Seriously try it. Love & blessings to you V!
no need to apologize. it was meant to make us laugh. humor is a very useful tool and i have a strange ability to turn just about anything into something funny. (some things though – obviously not). thank you for sharing your cockroach experience. LOL i can relate! i’ll keep the salt method in mind.
Holy cow! Synch! I have been seeing the spiders all over, when I should NOT (I use peppermint oil religiously, on my bed, in my diffuser, in my soap, and peppermint oil repels spiders – at least, REAL ones!). There is something nefarious up with that. One of them, I swear, it moved like a machine and the damn thing vanished when I hit it. You can’t make this crap up. Ugh!
People who put them outside and try to be nice – would that spider be nice to you?! NO! That is a bloodsucking predator. So, guess how that got in our realm. Mm-hmm. (I looked for the spider emoji just now and it brought up vampires. Uh-huh!) 🧐🤦🏻♀️ They are evil and need to go down. Enough said. If the swatter dies, there’s always a flip flop, but take them out! 🕷️💥
yeah as my pov changed over this place, so did my thoughts on spiders, etc.
In mythology/symbolism Grandmother Spider represents creativity! I found this:
“Are spiders a good omen?
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“In many cultures, spiders are symbols of good luck or money, and are represented in various art forms such as paintings, poetry and children’s rhymes.”
This is a good site to find out more, if you can handle the spider pics.
https://worldbirds.com/spider-symbolism/