The Not-So Itsy Bitsy Spider

Remember when I posted about the gigantic spider in my closet at the "moldy house"? Fast forward 10 months-different house, different closet.....same kind of gigantic spider! Oh and the last place we lived in in SLO.....same kind of gigantic spider in that house too! So I'm starting to think they like our smell or something.


So anyways...At about 3:45 pm I started getting the girls ready to go to the grocery store. We were having Jake's cousin Don, his wife Crissie and their girls Taylor and Madison over for dinner. My plan was to run to the store and get the few things I needed and then pick up Jake from work because he rode his bike and then head home and start making dinner. I had to wake Delia up from her nap so she was a little cranky and out of it. She was standing in the entry closet/shoe closet/coat closet...whatever you want to call it....trying to find her other shoe....however due to her sleepiness she wasn't really doing much at all. So I told her I would get it. She moved aside and I picked up one of Jake's shoes and then yelled, "Oh My Gosh!" Because sitting right next to Delia's other shoe was THE SPIDER! This obviously snapped Delia out of her cranky, sleepy attitude and she kept talking and talking....


So after I stood there and stared at it for a few minutes trying to figure out what to do I asked Delia to get her bucket. She came back with the sink to her toy kitchen. I would have rathered her bucket but this would work too. While she was searching I tried calling Jake with no luck....which meant I now had to try to capture this THING all by myself!

Now let me paint the picture for you. In this particular closet and at this particular time there was a vacuum, an umbrella stroller, a paper grocery bag full of hockey stuff, and lots of shoes....probably 8 pairs or so......oh and I almost forgot.....a gigantic spider! Which by the way was about the size of a sand dollar.............that my friends is HUGE!

Since I didn't want to be on the floor in case the spider decided to get me I got the small stool from Delia's bathroom. I stood on that and used a hanger to slowly grab the shoes one by one and pull them out of the closet. The spider up to this point was staying really still. I had about half of the shoes out and then I decided I should move the bag of hockey stuff. Well he didn't like that very much and he moved which made me scream and drop the bag. Thankfully he moved toward the back and not toward me. So now he's slightly under some shoes in the back and I really really don't want to be the one doing this. So I moved the bag again and put it at an angle in the doorway hoping he will be blocked if he wants to escape. Then I continued grabbing shoes with the hanger.

I got down to the last shoe, a sandal and traded the toy sink for a bigger, clear glass bowl. I stood there for a few minutes trying to talk myself into getting the last shoe which the spider was hiding in. Finally I got up the nerve and started to get the shoe. As soon as I started touching it the spider ran or more like galloped toward the paper bag. He took cover there on the farthest side from me....thankfully!! So then a few more minutes went by and I got up the nerve to move the bag once again. I had the bowl ready to capture him but he was fast and I missed him. There goes my bowl.....whoops! He went to the back corner of the closet. Once he got to there he turned around!!! These spiders have 6 eyes......and he was totally watching me........so creepy! So I returned to the kitchen and got an even bigger, clear glass bowl.

Then I got a brilliant idea! I grabbed some cleaner and started spraying him. He did NOT like that one bit. He ran around in the closet and then slowly slowed down until he climbed a few inches up the wall and that is where he stayed.....until Jake got home. Jake called me a few minutes after I sprayed him and by that time it was almost 4:30 pm and I would've been picking Jake up anyways..........so he rode home and then I left as soon as he got here because I still needed to go the the store.

So he sprayed it some more and then covered it with a bowl. Then he put a piece of cardboard under it and SET IT FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He claimed it was too big to squish which I completely agreed with......however I would have flushed it or something!

Oh and the whole time I was attempting to trap the spider Delia was as I mentioned talking and talking.....here is a list of some of the things she kept saying over and over again:

~ "Mommy, it's okay."
~ "Just leave him alone."
~ "He wants to rest."
~ "He just wants his mommy."
then when she got bored with the whole spider thing
~ "I'm hungry. Can I have a snack?"
~ "I'm thirsty. Can I have some juice?"
~ "Mommy.........!!!"

I am hoping there won't be anymore monstrous spiders in our apartment. I would post a few pictures of the spider but my camera is not cooperating. Maybe tomorrow!

So that is the end of my spider story...I'm really tired and hoping it all makes sense ;) Oh and by the way it's called a Wolf Spider.....in case you were wondering.