I have a very healthy fear and hatred of spiders. You can try to tell me all day long that I am much bigger than a spider and that they are more afraid of me than I am of it.. blah blah blah... I know the truth. They are evil little things with amazing agility and they don't have to be big to be scary.
Last night Kyle and I decided we would go to the 8:00pm showing of Thor. Once we made our plans to go I realized I didn't have much time to make dinner, shower and get to the show to stand in line for opening night. So, I put some pasta on the stove and thought that I would QUICKLY shower in time to drain the pasta.
Wrong.
I got in the shower and lathered up my face, hair, and body, right when our water pressure went from full blast to nothing. This sometimes happens to us. Pretty rarely, but every once in awhile when our landlords are using a lot of water and we try to shower, we get no water pressure.
So there I am, a soapy mess, when I spot the spider, right above my head. I can't get out of the shower because I'll probably just slip and fall from the soap suds (which I hear is really not good for pregnant people) but I can't rinse off either because there is no water.
I also realize that I cannot take my eyes off the spider because if I do and he crawls away to a place I can't see then I'll never be able to find him and kill him.
Oh, and the pasta is still cooking.
Hallelujah the water pressure came back on.... FOR ONE SECOND!
The water continued to tease me like this. Little bursts of water pressure for a second or two, but not enough to rinse off, and at this time the Spider is making a break for the door. He can't get out of the bathroom or I may lose him!
The water pressure come back... This time just long enough for me to actually rinse of and jump out of the shower.
I muster up my courage, grab some toilet paper, and squash the spider.... Or so I thought.
He wouldn't die! I tried to smash him 4 times!
One the last try he dropped to the floor on his little string thing, right before I could get to him. I almost panicked, but instead I squished him and flushed him down the toilet.
The Spider was killed.
Dinner was saved.
I was clean.
Thor was great.
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