Wait a minute, Mr. Postman.
Trips to the mailbox can be both joyous and tedious, especially when bills are looming in the distance. In my family, I was the first to rush to the post office to get the mail. I like the news, good or bad, besides, it was a surprise either way.
Well, my last trip to the mail box proved nearly fatal. As I put in my hand to reach the mail, I came face to face with a nightmare that I usually heard from someone else. There was an intruder, now don’t get all Lifetime movie special on me now. It bordered more on Discovery Channel than anything.
My intruder and could-be assailant was a black widow spider. How did I know? First thing I noticed when I opened up my mail box was the black eight legged monster that was hanging belly up. My blood ran cold then and ran even colder when I tried pushing it away from my mail with a stick. As it scurried along, I noticed a red mark on its underside. It was as I feared.
Second, I found remnants of another spider off to the side. It was brown, lifeless, and possibly her former mate.
All that raced in my mind was this: that murderer is going down. I grabbed a bottle of Tilex and sprayed the insect out of there. It made its way closer to me. Eeek! That’s when I knocked it with my slipper and then met its fate between my slipper and the sidewalk. Trust me, I did the twist on her so long and hard that its DNA probably made it halfway to where ever halfway meant.
I really hope that I never cross paths again with dangerous animals because maybe next time I won’t have my trusty weapon of a stick and a bottle of Tilex handy, because then I’m really going to have to break out my kung-fu skills.
Well, my last trip to the mail box proved nearly fatal. As I put in my hand to reach the mail, I came face to face with a nightmare that I usually heard from someone else. There was an intruder, now don’t get all Lifetime movie special on me now. It bordered more on Discovery Channel than anything.
My intruder and could-be assailant was a black widow spider. How did I know? First thing I noticed when I opened up my mail box was the black eight legged monster that was hanging belly up. My blood ran cold then and ran even colder when I tried pushing it away from my mail with a stick. As it scurried along, I noticed a red mark on its underside. It was as I feared.
Second, I found remnants of another spider off to the side. It was brown, lifeless, and possibly her former mate.
All that raced in my mind was this: that murderer is going down. I grabbed a bottle of Tilex and sprayed the insect out of there. It made its way closer to me. Eeek! That’s when I knocked it with my slipper and then met its fate between my slipper and the sidewalk. Trust me, I did the twist on her so long and hard that its DNA probably made it halfway to where ever halfway meant.
I really hope that I never cross paths again with dangerous animals because maybe next time I won’t have my trusty weapon of a stick and a bottle of Tilex handy, because then I’m really going to have to break out my kung-fu skills.