My roommate and I were sitting on the couch watching tv. I was eating dinner and therefore not really paying attention to anything going on around me. Meanwhile, my roommate noticed that Fiona kept staring at her. She did the whole is-she-looking-at-me glance a couple of times, then finally realized she she was looking slightly over her head. She turned around to look behind her. Here's how it went from my POV:
*roommate turns around, looks right over the top of my head, and INHALES SHARPLY*
I don't know how I managed to keep my food from flying off my plate, but I leapt off the couch, screaming "WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT IS IT??", thinking there was like a hive of wasps landing on my head. Then, I turned around to find this crawling across the curtain right above where I had been sitting:
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| Safely (?) ensconced in the trash can |
With its tail extended (how it was walking), it was about 3" long. I said a few choice words, then yelled "Get a trash can!" and ran for the fly swatter. I was afraid it was going to get to the end of the curtain and abandon ship, and then I'd have to move because I'd know it was hidden in the house somewhere. I don't do scorpions.
Fortunately, we were able to knock it into a small trash can, and then we took it outside. I foolishly tipped the trashcan where I couldn't see it, and it shot out of it faster than we expected- thankfully the opposite way from my foot. She got a few good stomps in and crushed it.
Fiona got lots of extra lovin' that night.
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