I had a headache from Hades day before yesterday. Beloved sinus headache which leads to a knot in my neck (only because I tense up when I have a headache) and a muscle twitching in my side.
Fun day to say the least.
Then, I decided that I was going to get sick to my stomach. Wonderful, but yet it seems to make me feel better after its all said and done so I just try to go with it, and not cry. Yes, throwing up makes me cry. I hate it that much.
So, there I am rushing into the bathroom and this runs across the floor:
I have never seen one of these before. I hate centipedes & millipedes. Period. This looked like a mutant and boy can that sucker make time across a floor! They can even scale walls. Ewwwer, yukkier and grosser.
I did not scream. I wanted to, but didn’t.
When I was young, my older brother (in hopes that I would wear shoes) told me that those centipede and millipedes would crawl into my feet so I needed to wear shoes. At 49 I know this to not be true but…
So, I did what any normal person would do. I jumped onto the sink, grabbed some air freshener and doused the little sucker. It slowed it down enough for me to smush (is that a word?) it with a paper towel and toss it in the garbage. Did the full body shudder/shiver and then proceeded to get sick.
Once I felt better I had no choice but to Google the monster and reassure myself that it was harmless.
Ps. It is commonly referred to as a House Centipede. Not sure of its ‘technical’ name other than to me it is something that I hope to NOT encounter again any time soon. Give me spiders, snakes and other bugs. I can cope with those…
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