Arachnophobia

I wouldn't consider myself to have arachnophobia... but when you can pretty much assume to find a black widow and/or hobo spider in your doorway every week, you get a little creeped out. It's like that feeling you get when you go to kill a spider and you lose it and then your body starts itching all over like it's crawling on you!! AHHHHH!!! I hate that! Well, I've been killing so many spiders around my house the last few weeks and I've been in a constant state of the "i think a spider is crawling all over me" feeling. It's not cool.

Yeah.. That's what it feels like.. You find one and you can imagine the hundreds of babies embedded everywhere.

I've been posting pics on Facebook and Instagram of the nasty little buggers around my house and complaining about how my landlord has not sprayed since I asked him 3 or 4 months ago... I know, it's annoying to listen to a complainer. I hate it and yet, I do it. Ugh, I'm the worst hypocrite you'll ever meet.

Yep! I am, and then you can meet Jesus! He loves you!

These are the beauties I've found at my door the last two weeks :)

Don't worry, this isn't just a post to complain about spiders. I just got in touch with my landlord and he said he will call someone to come over this week. If that is not the case then I will have to take matters into my own hands.. my own, rubber glove laden, insecticide holding hands. I will scout out their webs by day, purchase my warfare tools in preparation, and carryout my strategy of destruction by night.

I do apologize to those who love spiders and all creeping things. I have two curious dogs that I must protect and these spiders are encroaching too close to my domicile. I'm sorry dear spiders. After I've completed my mission to annihilate all black widows from the premises I will watch a documentary on your species about all the good you do so that I can honor your memory. 

Leaving my Comfort Zone

Today at work, I was sitting with a new friend. With encouragement from a mutual friend she began to tell me all about her dating drama and mishaps. At the end of her stories I think she felt a little embarrassed but jokingly made a comment like, "well, now you know my life story..." I felt bad that I hadn't offered some of my embarrassing life but at the same time I didn't want to make her feel like it was a 'my horse is bigger than your horse' conversation. It's kind of a bad habit of mine and I try to be aware of myself and how I converse with others so as to NOT annoy people and NOT drive people away. Anyways, I joked back with "Oh I'll write you a book now about my embarrassing stories and we'll be even." THAT is where I finally had to admit that I would be starting a blog.. What?! Who does that? Fashionistas, cool moms, fitness freaks, and gamer nerds. Not ex-hairdressers... I make fun of people who write blogs.. and here I am.. writing.. a blog.... I'm going to do my best here to:

1) Not care what anyone thinks. I mean, how many people are really going to read this anyways... and for the few people who do mistakenly stumble across this and don't like it or get offended then go away! Why spend you time getting worked up over some opinion/thought/feeling someone else is expressing.

2) Be as honest as I possibly can be. Some exaggerations are necessary for storytelling though and I will do that. This means that, at times, my posts might be funny.. or very dark.... and quite possibly boring. I don't want to project a completely perfect-happy-life or a depressing-twisted-existence. Neither scenarios are real and I want to be real.

3) Not use other people's names and respect their privacy.