One of the things that happens when you live in a basement apartment is you get creepy crawlies. This past month I have had 4 close encounters with spiders. I’m not afraid of spiders, I just don’t want those eight legged terrorists in my living space.
The first encounter was when I was on my bed reading, I looked up I think because my phone buzzed, only to see a spider next to my head, suspended from the ceiling on a web string. I swatted him/her/it away and then jumped to smash it and it disappeared.
The second was in my bathroom, I was sitting on the toilet and it crawled out from under my sink. I pulled my feet up off the floor, before I could do anything else it crawled back under the sink.
Then tonight as I was getting ready for church I noticed a little one on my door, I picked up my Croc (its a shoe) and hit it. The spider fell to the floor, it was still moving and it went under my door, still holding the Croc I opened the door and it was gone. So after being hit on the head, falling from a height that for you and me would be the equivalent of the Empire State Building, it was able to run away. Disgusted at the fact that it got away, I dropped the Croc and shut the door, there on the outside of the door was a huge big ugly eight legged monster. I grabbed a fabric softener bottle and whacked it. Dead. So that is Spiders 3, Bella 1. That makes me the Astros.
That is why I sleep with my blankets over my head. Oh and don’t even get me started on the f***ing centipedes.
Belleza
just a city girl 
I sympathise wholeheartedly!
Go Bella, I saw some thing like this some years ago in Disney Cartoon When Micky killed few Fly’s and barged about it, the next thing you know he is going to free the princes from dragons. Wish you well against the Al Qaeda Spider cell in your Apartment, my money is on you 🙂
I don’t remember seeing that cartoon, but then I didn’t watch many when I was a kid, but I can picture it in my head, sort of.
Some of the spiders I don’t mind, the small body long legged ones are o.k. They look rather fragile and run away quickly, the little quick ones and big ugly ones are on my list.
I’m not keen on spiders either, but I’ve not yet left the room because of one. This is the time of year when they start to make their appearance in my flat. They then disappear as quickly as they arrive once it starts getting cold again, which is usually around October time.
I get all sorts of sizes, from spindly (which I like the least), to fat ones. Sometimes, the smaller ones play pee-a-boo with me as I watch TV, or when I’m on the computer. I’ve even had one stand on the draining board beside me as I was doing the washing up! Clever little bastards, they are.
Very Nice post. Even though spiders dont frighten me, your post was very amusing.
Thank you. I’m glad you found it amusing.