Spiders

What a day! We headed out to Costco first thing this morning (well, 10am since that's when they open) and then we went to Real Canadian Superstore to do some grocery shopping as well. We were doing really well with timing so when we were all done I put Natalie in the car and then I went to put Rachel in her carseat and there is this black hairy spider with white spots on the side of her carseat. EWWWW So I take my shoe and try to kill it but of course I was wearing stupid Crocs so they aren't hard enough. The spider goes on the floor. I grab the umbrellas that are there and try hitting him but he takes off...under my seat. I HATE spiders to begin with but when they are hairy with spots and BIG, I'm REALLY not a fan. I swear to God I had a panic attack right there in the parking lot. I honestly didn't know how I was going to drive. I knew I couldn't because if that spider came out while I was driving, I'd get into an accident. Then I talked myself through it and said "I'm bigger than him, I can do this". But then I thought 'What about the girls? What if he lands on them' $&%*#!#$

Anyway, I called Ron - went right to voicemail. Makes sense since it's only 11:30 in the morning. I left him a message and told him to call me. Tried my parents - not home. If I would have had the stroller with me, I would have walked home...and honestly, it would have been a LONG walk :) (It's a 20 minute drive to the grocery store and that's taking a road that is half highway)

So anyway, I try Ron again - nope. Then I called Linda. She is pissing her pants while I'm telling her this and I'm so freaked out that I start crying! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Which of course makes Linda laugh harder. It was her lunch time so she came to rescue me. I was almost to the point where I was going to ask her to drive my vehicle home and I'd follow her in her car and pay for gas or something. I had all these groceries in the back (4 bags of milk of course) and I knew I had to get them home but I couldn't get in that vehicle knowing Mr. Spider was in there...somewhere. So she tears my car apart, looking, looking, looking but she can't find him anywhere! All of a sudden, I saw him on the side of my seat so I started freaking out again and Linda, trying to control her laughter, took her shoe off (smart to have real sandals on - but I guess when you work, you would wear normal shoes)...and she killed him. I have spider guts on the one part of my seat but I don't care. I am just so happy that she killed him. I wanted to hug her and kiss her right there in the parking lot but considering I was already getting funny looks, I didn't need to add to the excitement.

*sigh*

By the way, the whole time this was going on, Natalie was sleeping in her carseat and Rachel was playing with her books and dolls. Thank goodness they weren't a little bit older to understand what kind of freak their Mom is :)