When it comes to creepie crawlies, I consider myself a very tolerant person, especially for a girl. I don't scream when I see a spider or snake, (in fact I don't scream for practically any reason, and girls that do frankly get on my nerves! no offence anyone!) or run away from a lizard. I at least tolerate most creepy crawlies. However, they do have this one annoying problem in common: they like to pop out at the most annoying times and at least try to scare people. Thus the reason why I can't stand the one critter I hate: Toads. and frogs too, but they arn't as bad. I could be walking calmly down a path, enjoying the evening cool, when all of a sudden, HOP! right in front of me, a "rock" moves. I mean, how freeky is that!? (but I still don't scream!) So that is why, when I found a gargantious granddaddy toad residing in front of my house, I asked him to leave, and not so nicely. In fact, I even ushered him, with the help of a long stick, from his residence in my gate ditch to a new home across the street. But this guy was huge! He was the size of a volley ball!... ok... a grapefruit!... ok fine, just a large orange size. But that's still way to big for my comfort.
Spiders and gekos are another matter all together. My kitchen is in no way sealed to the outside, so has become a residence for spiders, gekos, snails, ants, a rat (I call him Stuart) and a 6 inch centipead who lives under my stove. (and yes, I do keep my kitchen clean!) Thankfully, the only ones of those to find their way into my house are the gekos and spiders. Now I have a strict rule that the number of creepie crawlies in my house stay to about three million. So every so often, when this number is exceeded, it's time to "cull the herd." This usually happens during my friday cleaning. Gekos are culled by nicely puting them outside. After all, they are cute little guys, and they eat mosquitoes. But spiders? no, they have to die. Expecially the big ones that are the size of the palm of my hand!
A few days ago, while taking a shower, I noticed a poor baby geko trying to drown itself by going down my open drain. So I quick caught him and stuck him on the wall where he licked his eye like any contented wall decoration. However, when I had to wash ants off my soap, and chase a spider away from my feet, it was enough. I looked from the geko, to the ants, to the spider and said, "It's my bathroom too guys!" But I'll let them all live - even the spider - as long as it stays out of my bed!
speaking of which, I've become quite an expert at smashing spiders during the night as they run up my legs. In fact I can pracically do it in my sleep! but then unfortunatly, I have to get up to wash the guts off... yuck.
But back to the bathroom... more specifacly, the drain... ahhh the drain. It turns up all sorts of critter. I think there's a sign on the outside saying "sha's house, this way!" So I have had to adopt the habbit of putting a full water bottle over the drain to prevent any little creepys from comming up. But alas! one day I only put a half empty shampoo bottle over the hole. Immagine my surprise when Benya came tearing out of the bathroom screaming "Miss sha! Snake! Snake!" After quieting the screaming (did I mention I don't like screaming?) I went to investigate.
but I think I'll just leave you hanging and tell you the rest of the story in par 2 of creepy crawlies! God bless - sha
