Coexist

I haven't posted much lately because there hasn't been anything exciting to post.  But I suppose I could share a few boring details with the people who just want to know how I'm doing.  :)  So here is  a story that has scarred me forever and keeps me from sleeping at night.

In one of the conversations I had with the previous nanny when I first got here, the subject of spiders came up.  I don't know how and I don't know why but it did.  (and we all know how much I just LOVE spiders!!  haha NOT!)  She informed me that "there's not SO many but you will probably see quite a few in the basement."   Well folks, guess where my room is....yup the basement!!  She also felt the need to tell me exactly where in the basement they like to hang out.  As it happens, their favorite place is right by the window in my room.  And...as it happens...of course...my bed is right by the window!   What she failed to tell me what how big they were.  But don't worry I found that part out for myself later.

A few days ago I woke up and like every morning I went to the bathroom to take a shower.  But as I was getting ready I felt something kind of squishy on my shorts by my hip.  I looked down to see something brown smeared all over my white shorts.  My first thought was chocolate because well...I may or may not be but definitely am guilty of eating chocolate in my bed while watching a movie the night before.  :)   But as I took a closer look I realized that it was most definitely NOT chocolate.   It was in fact guts and smushed body parts of a very large spider.  I started to hyperventilate a little but once I caught my breath enough to remove the spider goo from my clothes I went back to my room to look at the bed.  And sure enough, there on my bed was the other half of that blasted creature's insides and about 5 of his ridiculously long legs.  The thought that that stupid, son of a *#&@!*$@$%$^*@#   had the nerve to come near me made my stomach lurch and I sprinted back to the bathroom because my stomach now felt the need to release most of it's contents.  I spent a good portion of the morning puking and hyperventilating before I was actually able to get my shower in.  

I think in the back of my mind there was a fantasy that told me that moving across the world would get me away from spiders...but, if I don't gain anything else from living over here, hopefully I eventually learn to coexist with the the horrid creatures we call spiders.