Beware the Visor!!!
It was just a matter of time. I knew it in my heart. I just didn't know when, or where.
But today, it happened. One of my worst fears came true.
I was on my way to the mechanic's to get my engine oil changed, driving along. Suddenly, from behind the visor on my side, a baby giant spider came crawling out!!! It was one of those jungle spiders, whose relatives had been consistently visiting me in my bathroom/bedroom. Thank God that it wasn't fully grown, but even so, it was terrifying! Bigger than the normal variety you usually have in your homes, the size of half my palm, thick legs, frightening, the stuff of nightmares.
I always thought that spiders in the bathroom/bedroom were bad, but guess what? This beats them all!!! At least I had space to maneuver and run away then. But in a car, while driving, there's no space to do anything except pray and hope that it wouldn't crawl on to my hand or leg.
It was so close, crawling down from the visor, along the side of the windshield, mere inches away from my hand and leg!!! It took all the willpower and calmness I had in me not to let go of the steering wheel and start climbing away, or brake suddenly. There were cars behind me, and thank God thank God thank God the spider didn't crawl on me, because if it did, the engine oil change wouldn't be the only thing I had to see the mechanic about.
And thank God, too, that it appeared around 100 meters away from a petrol station. I stopped my car and when I opened my door, there it was, hiding in the space between!!! It quickly scuttled underneath my car, and I continued driving to the mechanic's, all the way praying that it wouldn't drop on me suddenly or make another appearance in the interior of my car.
Needless to say, my skin was crawling and I was utterly terrified.
I reached the mechanic's and told them about my unwanted passenger, and they kindly searched underneath and sprayed insecticide - though I was afraid it might backfire and cause the spider to seek refuge inside my car again in its haste to escape the noxious fumes.
I gingerly conducted a search in the front and back spaces of my car, as well as in the trunk, but found no spider. Not that its absence comforted me at all - those little buggers are really clever at hiding.
The thing is, of all the 3 cars in the porch - why mine???!!! In all the bathrooms and bedrooms in the house - why mine???!!! WHY ME???!!!
Every once in a while, they will appear. It's only a matter of time. Maybe I should start noting the dates, maybe this will help me "predict" the next appearance.
I really, really, really, really, really hate it, all these encounters.
:(
Oh, yeah, and thanks very much for all who received my S.O.S message and prayed for me. And if any of you wanna keep me in your prayers, please pray that I'll be rid of these spider encounters! I'm so sick of them.
:(
But today, it happened. One of my worst fears came true.
I was on my way to the mechanic's to get my engine oil changed, driving along. Suddenly, from behind the visor on my side, a baby giant spider came crawling out!!! It was one of those jungle spiders, whose relatives had been consistently visiting me in my bathroom/bedroom. Thank God that it wasn't fully grown, but even so, it was terrifying! Bigger than the normal variety you usually have in your homes, the size of half my palm, thick legs, frightening, the stuff of nightmares.
I always thought that spiders in the bathroom/bedroom were bad, but guess what? This beats them all!!! At least I had space to maneuver and run away then. But in a car, while driving, there's no space to do anything except pray and hope that it wouldn't crawl on to my hand or leg.
It was so close, crawling down from the visor, along the side of the windshield, mere inches away from my hand and leg!!! It took all the willpower and calmness I had in me not to let go of the steering wheel and start climbing away, or brake suddenly. There were cars behind me, and thank God thank God thank God the spider didn't crawl on me, because if it did, the engine oil change wouldn't be the only thing I had to see the mechanic about.
And thank God, too, that it appeared around 100 meters away from a petrol station. I stopped my car and when I opened my door, there it was, hiding in the space between!!! It quickly scuttled underneath my car, and I continued driving to the mechanic's, all the way praying that it wouldn't drop on me suddenly or make another appearance in the interior of my car.
Needless to say, my skin was crawling and I was utterly terrified.
I reached the mechanic's and told them about my unwanted passenger, and they kindly searched underneath and sprayed insecticide - though I was afraid it might backfire and cause the spider to seek refuge inside my car again in its haste to escape the noxious fumes.
I gingerly conducted a search in the front and back spaces of my car, as well as in the trunk, but found no spider. Not that its absence comforted me at all - those little buggers are really clever at hiding.
The thing is, of all the 3 cars in the porch - why mine???!!! In all the bathrooms and bedrooms in the house - why mine???!!! WHY ME???!!!
Every once in a while, they will appear. It's only a matter of time. Maybe I should start noting the dates, maybe this will help me "predict" the next appearance.
I really, really, really, really, really hate it, all these encounters.
:(
Oh, yeah, and thanks very much for all who received my S.O.S message and prayed for me. And if any of you wanna keep me in your prayers, please pray that I'll be rid of these spider encounters! I'm so sick of them.
:(
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