Spiders
Topic: The House
Yesterday morning I started down the stairs and on one of the steps saw an Enormous Spider. It was either an exoskeleton or dead, thankfully, but it was still gross.
Just a few minutes ago, I saw another Enormous Spider trucking across the carpet. EEEWWWWW!!! I am now officially skeeved out. (Not sure "skeeved" is a word, or if that's even the correct usage, but it describes how I feel!) I was going to try to catch it in a glass and throw it outside (way too big to smoosh, and I hate doing that anyway), but I wasn't sure it would fit! It ran under the couch before I could try. So now I've got the heebie jeebies and jump if I feel the tiniest thing. Larry told me when I first got here that there are a lot of spiders, but there are supposedly none that are poisonous. I really hope so, especially for Ryan's sake. Luckily they seem to stay away during the day. I'm glad because Ryan and I spend a lot of time on the livingroom floor. I haven't seen very many until now, and I've been here over three weeks, so hopefully that's a good sign. Man, the cats need to step it up! I'm hoping that there aren't many other Enormous Spiders in the house. I usually have to get up at night at least once to either go to the bathroom or check on Ryan. I'm going to have to take a flashlight with me now to make sure I don't step on anything with too many legs!
While I'm on the topic of "The House," I might as well mention that for all the sinks in the house, there are two faucets: one for hot and one for cold. Is it me or is that not the norm in the States? I don't seem to remember there being two. It makes getting Ryan's bathwater the right temperature interesting. The kitchen is slightly different. There's only one faucet, but mixing the hot and cold water is weird. When you turn them both on, you can feel cold and super hot spots in the stream of water. It doesn't just blend to one temperature. Also, the knobs don't keep the water pressure up, so sometimes the pressure will lower and sort of peter out on its own.
Don't get me wrong, I like living here. It's just interesting getting used to the house's idiosyncrasies.