My spider pets
Posted: February 20 09, 1:54 pm
I'm not crazy, I promise. That's the preface for this story.
I work in the only office on the ground floor of a small building. So I basically have my own bathroom. A month ago, I noticed a tiny spider in the corner near the window. Usually I'm not a big fan of spiders, but this one was maybe a quarter centimeter long. Harmless. So I left it.
The next day, I noticed that it was still in the exact same location. And the next. And the next. In fact, for three solid weeks, it never moved. I'd tap the wall or blow on it, and it would ball up, so I knew it wasn't dead. I puzzled over how it was eating, and whether it would get bored just staying in the same spot all the time. She quickly became my little spider friend. I tend to spend a lot/too many hours at work, so it's good to have such a thing.
And then, all of a sudden, on Monday there were two: the regular spider, and a super tiny sprite of a spider occupying the same corner a few inches up. My spider friend probably gave birth! A few days go by, and this one doesn't budge a millimeter either.
But then, today, tragedy struck. Our office cleaning lady comes on Thursday nights. Apparently this week she noticed my friends in the course of cleaning the john, because this morning, both spiders were gone. I hope she scooped them up on a piece of paper and escorted them out into the wild. But I just don't know that. I fear the worst. I have lost my two little bathroom friends.
The end.
PS I'm not crazy. You're the one that's crazy.
I work in the only office on the ground floor of a small building. So I basically have my own bathroom. A month ago, I noticed a tiny spider in the corner near the window. Usually I'm not a big fan of spiders, but this one was maybe a quarter centimeter long. Harmless. So I left it.
The next day, I noticed that it was still in the exact same location. And the next. And the next. In fact, for three solid weeks, it never moved. I'd tap the wall or blow on it, and it would ball up, so I knew it wasn't dead. I puzzled over how it was eating, and whether it would get bored just staying in the same spot all the time. She quickly became my little spider friend. I tend to spend a lot/too many hours at work, so it's good to have such a thing.
And then, all of a sudden, on Monday there were two: the regular spider, and a super tiny sprite of a spider occupying the same corner a few inches up. My spider friend probably gave birth! A few days go by, and this one doesn't budge a millimeter either.
But then, today, tragedy struck. Our office cleaning lady comes on Thursday nights. Apparently this week she noticed my friends in the course of cleaning the john, because this morning, both spiders were gone. I hope she scooped them up on a piece of paper and escorted them out into the wild. But I just don't know that. I fear the worst. I have lost my two little bathroom friends.
The end.
PS I'm not crazy. You're the one that's crazy.
