How is it that I am more tired today than I was all week? Oh yeah. I didn't sleep well. But when I woke up at 2:00 AM, I eventually thought of you all because I wonder if I'm having night sweats from perimenopause.

Months ago, I found a black widow that was about nickel sized. It scared the shit out of me, but I had nothing to kill it with. I have seen it off and on and every time I open the garage and see it, by the time I find something to use to bash it, it skitters off.

Yesterday when I saw it again, I had a can of hair spray I had left there last time. So I grabbed the can, sprayed the spider. It tucked into a ball. I turned away to get swatter and it started up the web again. So I sprayed it again. Then bashed it and it fell to the ground, I think dead, but I bashed it a couple of more times and it died.

I FEEL AWESOME THAT I HAVE VANQUISHED THAT MOTHERFUCKER!

Frame it as your card company can't take the wild ride you're taking in life! Your secret life: exposed!

Ok, really annoying when you are buying tampons, diapers and a pack'n'play on no sleep at Target in a new-to-you town on Xmas eve, but .... (yeah, that happened when my neph was born.)

Kat, the Spider Vanquisher!

Go Kat go!

I was going to go dancing in the burbs. But then it was snowing, so I figure there's crazy traffic. But I wanna dance! Grr. Supposedly it's too warm to be snowing anyway! Yet I fear the bridges will end up crazy icy and full of accidents and such.

Well, I was afraid of the spider enough that I avoided going into the garage. Which was a problem as that is where the laundry is and also where I let my swim stuff dry. So I had to deal with it. K keeps pointing out that there are probably babies all over the garage.

Blargh.

I FEEL AWESOME THAT I HAVE VANQUISHED THAT MOTHERFUCKER!

I saw a Jillifont this afternoon and monologued for a moment that it should know the rules, Jillifonts don't belong near my doors or inside. It could skitter away or I was killing it.

It stayed, I smacked it with my shoe. And it? disintegrated.

Apparently it was a corpse that I'd left as a warning. Seems to have worked.

On second look, there's probably 1/2-1" outside right now. So that's a big "NO" on going anywhere not walking.

Kat, I would suggest you avoid thinking about baby Jillifonts. Eek.

Today in my jillifont friendly house I was startled to see one directly in front of my face, bouncing up and down most disconcertingly. Could not figure out what was going on until I realized..it had cast a thread down from one of the ceiling fan blades. I turned off the fan, and as it slowed down, the jillifont swung around and around like one of those fair swing rides. I tried to get video but of course you can't see it so I now have footage of my ceiling fan. It finally climbed up on the blade, webbed over to another and I lost track of it. I assume it left because nothing fell off when I turned the fan back on later.

I'm ok with jillifonts except poisonous ones. They have their place, just not where me and my cats go. I let a couple of wolfspiders have a bunch of fun on my porch this fall. Added to the halloween ambiance.

I'm ok with jillifonts except poisonous ones.

That's unfortunately most of them here. It's led to zero tolerance. I react ... poorly.

They are welcome outside. Unless actual Jilli is visiting, then I"d prefer they scamper to another abode for a while.