What a scream!
I consider myself to be the kind of person who, for the most part, doesn't really mind bugs.
I actually keep quite a few "pet" Daddy-longlegs spiders (or at least, what I think are Daddy-longlegs spiders). They look kinda like this:
They live in my bathroom and they don't move around much. I see them day and night. I even showered with one for weeks. Until he decided to move. Once they start moving around, that's when I have to put a stop to it. I will seriously let one of these spiders live for months, seeing it every day. But once it starts crawling, I kill it. I'm not sure what that's about. Just stay on your webs little folk, and you'll be fine.
If I'm all alone, or it's just me and a couple of little boys, I can be very brave and kill all kinds of creepy insects if necessary. If someone with a fear of bugs is with me, I can also muster up the courage to be the brave one.
Yesterday, I killed two spiders in my basement, at two different times - they were the small black kind that run really fast - OK, those scare me and I need to dispose of them. On a walk in a nearby forest, I spied a small green wiggly caterpillar, which I prompty picked up on a small stick so I could show Jonah and Miles. I actually am very intentional about NOT showing fear when the boys are around. Fears are learned!!
But there was another bug incident yesterday though.
I was eating a peach at the supper table. I cut it into four pieces while on the pit. I peeled the first quarter and ate it. Then the second, eating it as well. Then, as I began to peel the third quarter away from the pit, I saw a small wiggly white worm and involuntarily SCREAMED! The boys were there, as well as my sister-in-law and parents-in-law. How embarrassing! How was it that I was able to kill multiple spiders and "play" with a small wiggly worm-like caterpillar that morning and yet literally scream at the supper table at the sight of a worm later that same day? I was so grossed out that I couldn't even properly dispose of the peach and worm. I took in to the kitchen counter and went back to the table. My mother-in-law told me that she later found the worm crawling on the kitchen counter. Ooops! Sorry! I just couldn't handle it. I think I was lucky I didn't up-chuck my entire meal! There was NO WAY I was dealing with that worm when there were 3 other perfectly capable adults in the house!! Strange.
Post-publish thought... Ummmm... If those spiders can live in my bathroom for weeks on end, what exactly are they eating?!?!?!?
I actually keep quite a few "pet" Daddy-longlegs spiders (or at least, what I think are Daddy-longlegs spiders). They look kinda like this:
They live in my bathroom and they don't move around much. I see them day and night. I even showered with one for weeks. Until he decided to move. Once they start moving around, that's when I have to put a stop to it. I will seriously let one of these spiders live for months, seeing it every day. But once it starts crawling, I kill it. I'm not sure what that's about. Just stay on your webs little folk, and you'll be fine.
If I'm all alone, or it's just me and a couple of little boys, I can be very brave and kill all kinds of creepy insects if necessary. If someone with a fear of bugs is with me, I can also muster up the courage to be the brave one.
Yesterday, I killed two spiders in my basement, at two different times - they were the small black kind that run really fast - OK, those scare me and I need to dispose of them. On a walk in a nearby forest, I spied a small green wiggly caterpillar, which I prompty picked up on a small stick so I could show Jonah and Miles. I actually am very intentional about NOT showing fear when the boys are around. Fears are learned!!
But there was another bug incident yesterday though.
I was eating a peach at the supper table. I cut it into four pieces while on the pit. I peeled the first quarter and ate it. Then the second, eating it as well. Then, as I began to peel the third quarter away from the pit, I saw a small wiggly white worm and involuntarily SCREAMED! The boys were there, as well as my sister-in-law and parents-in-law. How embarrassing! How was it that I was able to kill multiple spiders and "play" with a small wiggly worm-like caterpillar that morning and yet literally scream at the supper table at the sight of a worm later that same day? I was so grossed out that I couldn't even properly dispose of the peach and worm. I took in to the kitchen counter and went back to the table. My mother-in-law told me that she later found the worm crawling on the kitchen counter. Ooops! Sorry! I just couldn't handle it. I think I was lucky I didn't up-chuck my entire meal! There was NO WAY I was dealing with that worm when there were 3 other perfectly capable adults in the house!! Strange.
Post-publish thought... Ummmm... If those spiders can live in my bathroom for weeks on end, what exactly are they eating?!?!?!?
posted by Sherri Lavender at
8:36 PM
3 Comments:
Bugs, etc. around the house are a totally different story then one that was that close to your mouth and could have possibly been ingested!
Maybe that's the difference?!
By
Anonymous, At
11:34 PM
I'd be pretty grossed out too - bugs and food are a very unappetizing combination. Did Miles or Jonah repeat your scream? That would have been too funny!
I don't like bugs in my house, but I do the same thing - there's a tiny spider that's been in my shower since last weekend, but since it hasn't moved, I haven't been bothered by it. I can't stands flying bugs, but Charlie and the cats look after most of those for me!
By
Krista, At
11:44 AM
every night before bed i do a 'spider check'! if i find one, it gets squashed. sometimes the odd earwig hitches a ride in on the newspaper. . gross. . what really gives me the willies is centipedes and millipedes!! GAH!!!! they always elicit a scream from me!
By
kathryn, At
9:11 AM
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