Little Miss Muffett

Let me tell you, I did not go seeking this one out! I found this one earlier this week quite unexpectedly.

This one was feeling quite at home with itself in a blanket that I keep at work. It's not a big blanket, it's just one of those airline blankets that I use to cover my legs up to try an keep warm when the damn air conditioning is killing me. I haven't had to use the blanket in a while since I was in an office all to myself and closed the damn vent so I couldn't feel the air conditioning.

Anyway, that is a whole 'nother story I could bitch about, but moving on...

I usually keep my blanket folded up and draped over my chair. Every once in a while it ends up falling down and bunched up on my chair. I'm usually too lazy to move it, but it was getting a little bit uncomfortable sitting on it the way it was all bunched up this time. As I picked it up and was folding it I caught some thing out of the corner of my eye that I thought looked like a big black spider. It caught me of guard and I ended up freaking out like one normally does when they think they see a spider and dropped the blanket. This bastard dropped down onto my chair mat with a little thud. I thought maybe it was dead from the way it just kind of body slammed to the floor and didn't move. Since I carry my camera with me in my purse, just for these kind of Kodak moments, I had to take a picture of it. After awhile it started crawling away. I guess it was just a little stunned.

I know you guys are all wondering. Did I kill the bastard? Nope. I found a piece of paper and tossed in in my garbage. I normally let them loose outside, but my office is on the second floor and I couldn't find anything to put it in to transport it. So I just tossed him in my trash can, which is under my desk right where my legs are. Yeah, I was hoping I wouldn't find it crawling up my leg later on in the day. I'm not sure what kind of spider it is, though I have heard it might be a wolf spider, all I know is from the look of it I definately don't want to get bitten by it! Specially if it is a wolf spider! The bite of the Wolf Spider is poisonous but not lethal. I think I'll pass on that one none the less.

So now I've got this bastard hiding out some where in my office. I know it had to have escaped the garbage can. I'm just wondering where I'm going to find the bastard next. Unless my office mate finds it first. I wonder if she is afraid of spiders?

I guess I'll find out sooner or later. Heh, heh, heh...