Arachnaphobia

I freely admit to being scared of many things, for example: black holes, volcanoes, tar pits, sinkholes, eternity, and people. However, I've never been frightened of spiders....UNTIL TODAY.

There is a rather large (and possibly poisonous) spider , let's call him Fred, who has been living on our deck this summer. Up until a few days ago, Fred's been doing the usual spidery things, stringing up gigantic webs, catching bugs etc. But recently, his webs began encroaching on our deck furniture and house. So Nam knocked Fred off our deck with a broom and removed the web that was strung around our grill.


But Fred didn't like that...

Fred didn't like that at all...

When I went outside to do some homework today, SOMEONE was waiting for me....

nine legs? oops...

...and I almost walked into the retaliatory trap strung up right outside the door!

I took the broom to the massive web and Fred zipped upwards towards the roof. He stayed there as I read my books....watching...waiting...plotting...