Knock on Wood

Sooo.... it is late right now. And as I write I look around my room wide eyed every ten seconds to make sure no critter has made it's way near me. I feel the need to share this with you, seeing that my blogging will soon come to an end when I arrive home in two weeks.

So, I tried going to bed at eleven, and as many of you know (past roommates) I have no trouble falling asleep. The minute my head hits the pillow I am out. Well... after about 20 minutes of just tossing and turning and letting my thoughts go wild I thought I might as well get up and do some homework.

As I opened my laptop I happened to look up and see a giant spider that was a good 2-3 inches in diameter. I gasped for air and ran out of my room. By then it was already 11:30 but I couldn't bare the thought of entering my room again, let alone killing the spider. Soooo.... I made my way upstairs and was lucky to encounter my parents only half asleep. My mom made her way down stairs, found some insecticide and grabbed a broom. I waited outside my room.

A few minutes later, she presented me with the bad news that she had not killed it but she sprayed insecticide and for that reason it would soon be dead. She told me, well, "Usually during this time we have scorpions, so it's good that we haven't encountered any of those." I nodded my head in agreement.

Anyways... my mom left the broom for me and I laid it at the side of my bed. Ready to defend myself from any bug that dare enter my territory. Anyways... I got to writing and then all of the sudden I looked up to see what??? A scorpion crawling down my wall of cards. I thought..... oh great. She has already gone to bed and there is no way I'm going back up to say that I encountered another bug. So with my broom I began to beat the bug and after about 10 hits I finally smashed the scorpion to pieces. Feeling quite proud of my accomplishment I retreated back to my computer to work. Then I heard foot steps. "Que paso, Violeta?" It was my mom, she had heard me beating the bug and came down to see what the matter was. I kinda laughed and told her about my accomplishment. She checked the floor and after searching and finding the mutilated bug, she indeed confirmed it as a scorpion.

Anyways... I thought it was funny. And... just so you know. I just came face to face with that giant spider who did NOT die from the insecticide. I think the only one affected by it was me! Anyhow, I began to beat that spider, too. But it was too fast for me. It began to run back into my room and since I knew I would not be able to kill it with one shot I thrust it across the room where it scrambled under a couch. Well, at least I know that I won't be sleeping with that spider tonight, that is... if I do sleep.