Apryl
11-03-2008, 10:57 AM
Okay, so last week I was supposed to work night shift for a variety of different reasons. That didn't happen. I didn't work at all. I had the nastiest virus I have ever had in my entire life. I laid in my bed, or on my couch for 6 days straight and I was completely miserable. I was so sick, I couldn't even bring myself to turn on my computer and sign on here! *gasp*
Anyway, it allowed me to catch up on some DVD's tha I have had laying around, waiting for me to watch, and some new ones that my loving mother brought to me to help me pass my time. (Melissa, you should be getting the Bones DVD's soon. Thanks QB they were great!).
Well one of the DVD's I watched was Indy Jones (the last one). I am not going to give away any spoilers. But there is a scene with the GIANT ants! Well, not so giant really, but they were man eating. Back to my point, it comes to the scene with the ants and I have to look away. (Did I mention that part of the virus was some of the worst nausea that I have ever experienced?) So I am sitting on my couch kinda turned sideways with my legs streched out in front of me on the other couch cushions and I turn my head toward the back of the couch so I don't have to look at the nasty ants.
Let me preface this next part by saying that bugs and I don't get along. I don't care how harmless or good for the enviroment they are. If they are in the house with me and I see them, I am going to kill them, if I can't find someone else to do it for me. I really don't like to be within arm's length of them for fear that they might find a way to get on me. EWWWWW!! I would have to say that my phobia of bugs is second only to Viking Pincess's.
Back to my story, so I turn my head, and what do I see on the back of my couch, less than a foot from my face, but a cave cricket. Now this is what we call them here, I am not sure what the real name for them is, and I don't care. For those of you who have never seen one, this is what they look like...
http://www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/gs2003/assets/images/camel_cricket.jpg
Yep, yep, they look like a freaking spider and they range from the size of the tip of your finger to as big as the palm of your hand!!!
So, I have adjusted my sleep so that I am awake at night and it's about 4 am when I see this. I started screaming my head off. My brother, who lives with me, comes running out of his bedroom, thinking that we are being broken into and is pissed off when he finds out it's (in his words) "just" a bug. What ever!
Anyway, it allowed me to catch up on some DVD's tha I have had laying around, waiting for me to watch, and some new ones that my loving mother brought to me to help me pass my time. (Melissa, you should be getting the Bones DVD's soon. Thanks QB they were great!).
Well one of the DVD's I watched was Indy Jones (the last one). I am not going to give away any spoilers. But there is a scene with the GIANT ants! Well, not so giant really, but they were man eating. Back to my point, it comes to the scene with the ants and I have to look away. (Did I mention that part of the virus was some of the worst nausea that I have ever experienced?) So I am sitting on my couch kinda turned sideways with my legs streched out in front of me on the other couch cushions and I turn my head toward the back of the couch so I don't have to look at the nasty ants.
Let me preface this next part by saying that bugs and I don't get along. I don't care how harmless or good for the enviroment they are. If they are in the house with me and I see them, I am going to kill them, if I can't find someone else to do it for me. I really don't like to be within arm's length of them for fear that they might find a way to get on me. EWWWWW!! I would have to say that my phobia of bugs is second only to Viking Pincess's.
Back to my story, so I turn my head, and what do I see on the back of my couch, less than a foot from my face, but a cave cricket. Now this is what we call them here, I am not sure what the real name for them is, and I don't care. For those of you who have never seen one, this is what they look like...
http://www.xaraxone.com/FeaturedArt/gs2003/assets/images/camel_cricket.jpg
Yep, yep, they look like a freaking spider and they range from the size of the tip of your finger to as big as the palm of your hand!!!
So, I have adjusted my sleep so that I am awake at night and it's about 4 am when I see this. I started screaming my head off. My brother, who lives with me, comes running out of his bedroom, thinking that we are being broken into and is pissed off when he finds out it's (in his words) "just" a bug. What ever!