Bug Horrors

September 9, 2012

I also wanted to share with you a little more about how we are living here.  It’s a quick one, but last Friday night I had gone over to Brooke’s after school where she was going to change and grab some things for us to use to make dinner.  While there I killed my cockroach.  It was hanging out in her living room.  While that is not so bad, we came down to my house (by now it was dark) and I unlocked the door and flicked on the light as I walked in.  To my surprise and the neighbors since I’m sure they heard me scream, there was a giant spider scurrying across our floor.  I have literally never seen a spider this big!  It was approximately 4 inches in diameter and had black fuzzy fur.  After talking about it with others we came to the conclusion that it was indeed a baby tarantula.  After I screamed Brooke followed me and we decided we wouldn’t be able to just kill it because it was so large.  Instead, we captured it using tupperware and then took it outside and threw it off the bridge into the river.  I have no idea if it survived but all that matters is I haven’t seen it since then or any of its friends!