What to do when you live on your own and faced with Spider?

Hello Friends,

Yes it's official I have killed my first spider on my own. I am not going to pretend like I didn't jump across the room, and scream like a child , and wonder if I could live in the corner until such time that the spider died a slow death , all the while never moving. It was the biggest spider I have ever seen. Ok I am exagerating but it was large.

But as I was debating my life crunched on the floor shaking.. I started to think of the inevitable .. the sleep that I would surely succomb to, and then waking up and having the very large scary spider not being where it was when I fell asleep. What to do you ask ? I have no idea to get to the phone I must cross the spiders path. At which time I am sure that it will jump and attach itself to my leg or some other equally devestating form of spider attack which will surely result in some sort of fainting spell.

I see a flip flop between myself and the spider (please refer to slob post) and although the spider is large I am pretty sure that the flip flop will win. But there is a problem I have to get close enough to the spider in order to destroy it and prevent it from spawning any more of it's kind. And then what if I miss and the spider makes a mad dash. and dissapears. I know I will never be comfortable in my own home again.

I debate my move knowing I have to make one. I start to stare down the spider .. I am bigger and stronger and if I arm myself with flip flop I have weapon. I feel my courage building, just then the spider moves. It's getting restless it doesn't like it's place on my wall it wants more. It wants to build a web of some kind or maybe crawl into my ear when I am sleeping and lay eggs. ( I am aware it's an urban legend people I am just saying we all think it). It doesn't move much just getting comfortable I am now convinced that this is spider has waivered under my stare. That is knows I am coming for him. He blinked first. Once again I feel my courage building......

I make slow movements towards the flip flop I arm myself with paper towel. (as there will be a dead spider that must be disposed of when this war is over). I grab the flip flop lose my courage and head back to my spot. I am now armed with flip flop and paper towel and begin the stare down again. Waiting for the spider to spontaneously combust save us both the pain and trouble, but oh no the huge bastard moves again... I have him now, he is antsy ...

I stand up to my full height, square my shoulders. (laugh away I am small person but to a spider? Come on I am a freakin giant ...) I walk over I pull the arm with my sword shaped as a flip flop back as I want to this in one shot I don't want any little flicks or jerks or some half crippled spider walking around. I swat the spider ... smooch and twist the flip flop on it. I remove the flip flop a ball of what used to be spider falls to the floor. But as I am sure you all know he may not be dead ... eight legs may pop out at any moment and may start making movements. They are freaky that way.. I quickly take the paper towel pick up the ball. Yes I admit it I start making funny noises half screams half cries as I run up to the bathroom quickly throw the paper towel into the toilet (it's the only way to know they won't crawl out of the garbage and seek their revenge), and flush... it's gone but I flush again anyway..

I win spider so kiss my ass.... now you ask time elapsed between yours truly spotting spider , having mini meltdown and death and disposal of killer Arachnid? 36 minutes...

Thought I would share as these are what these damn blogs are for...