Disgusting!

Yesterday morning I had what can only be described as a "DISGUSTING" experience. Before Brian left for school, he went into the bathroom to brush his teeth. I hear him saying "sick...sick...oh sick"! I rush in to find out what's wrong and he simply says that there was a bug that was too fast for him to catch. Based on his reaction, I wonder about the bug, but he doesn't want to elaborate (in order not to worry me).

About 1/2 an hour later, I'm in the nursery feeding Claire and this 2 inch long, many-legged insect (similar to this picture I found on the Internet...although not identical) runs at lightening speed across the room and under her crib. I'm totally grossed out, but Claire's latched on and nursing contentedly. Plus, I'm not actually excited about trying to hunt it down and get it out anyways. I just sit there worrying...wondering if it could climb the wall and onto Claire's face...or if it's a papa bug with a large family that's also hiding somewhere in our house...etc.

As I'm sitting there and wondering if this is the same bug Brian saw or if we're being invaded, the thing darts out from under the crib and runs directly towards us! It's so big, sick-looking, and fast that I really acted strictly out of adrenaline. As it nears my foot (which thankfully had at least a flip flop on), I attempt to step on it.

Here's where the really gross part starts. I get a few of it's legs off, which it leaves behind, still twitching at lightening speed. It still has about a hundred legs left, which it uses to run towards my other foot. I quickly remove my sandal and try to smash it again. For the second time, it leaves behind an even larger chuck of twitching legs. It then runs under the ottoman and stops moving. I force myself to move it, finish the job, and gather up both sets of legs (which are now moving only slightly), the still-large body, and flush it all down the toilet.

I admit that after the ordeal was done I felt a small sense of accomplishment. However; it was largely tainted by my paranoia all day. I kept looking at the floor...watching for another one to dart out. I "felt" things crawling across my feet and would jerk away. Even today, I don't think I've fully recovered :)

I am a fan of nature and of all God's creations, but when an insect that large is in my home, it's not filling the measure of it's creation, and I feel justified in killing it. I just hope that next time Brian's home so that he can do it!