Arachnaphobia

Tonight was a regular night.

Brad got home, we sat on the couch and watched one of our favorite shows "Bones." - amazing show by the way. Anyway, we finish watching and head to bed. I decided to clean off a few dishes and as I am finishing my last one I hear a large screech "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!" (picture this high pitched, please. - That was my husband. Screaming.

I thought to myself "Ok, he either broke his foot or there is a spider..I'm betting it's a spider because he just made that "it's a spider!!!" scream." I head to the bedroom to find his hands in front of his face, breathing deep and pointing toward the bathroom. I say "What's wrong? You have the IT'S A SPIDER face." He replies "Ummmm, it IS a spider! A FREAKING HUGE SPIDER!" Ok, so now I am thinking I have already killed some large spiders in this house of ours already, and I dared to ask myself how bad could this be.

Now, I was right in saying that I have killed large spiders in our house, however neither Brad nor I have had any experience in killing a Brown Recluse the size of Brad's palm. I say that the spider is the size of Brad's palm, because it was, literally. This bugger was waiting in the corner next to the shower. Brad was going to relieve himself when he noticed this large obtuse object. I'm sure he was more scared since his feet were closer.

Anyway, Brad battled the beast with his old sparring stick from Karate. 20 minutes later along with several screams by both of us, a few before and after shots to compare with the Orkind guy tomorrow and a flush down the toilet did the trick.

The trick now is...going to sleep. After looking up online all of the spiders that live in Oklahoma, accidently running across photos of Brown Recluse spider bites, reading the symptoms. Blech. My gag reflexess kicked in.

What am I going to do now-you ask? I am going to sit on my couch the rest of the night, scratch at my every paranoid itch, check my body every 10 minutes for bites and incessantly look up photos of spiders. This is what I do when I am grossed out beyond belief.

Oh ya, and I read a good remedy to rid spiders is to put a few cloves of garlic in a water bottle and spray around the surroundings of the house.

Oh the pleasures of being a homeowner.

Blessings.