The Itsy Bitsy Spider...

I do not like bees. I know, they serve a vital purpose and it's really nothing personal. Really it's any insect that has wings and a stinger that flies in my face, or worse in my soda, when I am trying to enjoy the outdoors. Other insects that fall in to this category include, but is not limited to, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets and all types of bees, hereafter referred to as "Killer Bees".

This area of weakness has become yet another adversity that my wife and I have been able to turn in to a bonding area. You see my wife has the same feeling about spiders, so we made a deal...she shoos away all of the flying biting/stinging insects and I crush all of the 8 legged intruders that she finds. We have learned to rely on each other in our times of great distress which has made us grow closer together. I *sniff* know, right?

Once I made the mistake of telling Wendi that spiders do not fall. Even when upside-down on the celling they are able to hold on to even the smoothest surfaces. I said this because it was bed time and I was tired and Wendi had spotted a spider above our bed on the ceiling. I no sooner said this and the spider fell off the ceiling an on to our bed (either that or it camouflaged itself to keep from getting squished). We spent the next 20 minutes tearing the bed apart to try and find the spider but to no avail. Wendi didn't sleep well that night and I learned a valuable lesson. Spiders make mistakes too.

Ever since then it has become somewhat of a joke in our house. Whenever Wendi finds a spider on the ceiling she announces it to me "spider on the ceiling in the hallway!" I then inform her not to worry because spiders do not fall. Well, Today we were in the bathroom when Eagle Eye Wendi spies a tiny ,slightly off-white colored, spider on the ceiling and refused to walk under it. I do my thing and she laughs like she is supposed to. I couldn't reach the spider so in order to prove my point I started dancing under the spider. Not 2 second into my very manly dance and Wendi cups her hand to her mouth and yells "It Fell". I looked up and was directly above me descending on an invisible line towards my face. NOT COOL!!! That spider is dead now.

Let this serve as a warning to all spiders everywhere...when in doubt stay outside!!