Reese

So It's 5:30 in the morning and I'm watching what was going to be my last episode of Stargate SG1 for the night before rolling over and going to sleep. For 30 minutes I keep feeling something but it's so light I passed it off as a stray hair or a thread tingling one of my body hairs. My dad was bitten a year or two ago and I've been turning my sheets and pillows before sliding into bed every night and since I'd only been there for 30 minutes or so, I really wasn't all that concerned since I hadn't seen a spider in our house in months.

Well after the 3rd time of getting annoyed I figured I'd just get up, do another check, pull the loose threads off my covers so I can get back to sleep.. Well I pulled the cover back and saw the ugliest little monster crawling across the bed.. I immediately knew what it was but booted my computer and googled it hoping to see some harmless recluse look-a-like but no luck, The only spiders mistaken for Recluses seem to be cellar spiders and wolf spiders both of which are common here and I'd easily identify.

I've read about the spider's bite, I know that they don't like to bite people but I also know people don't instantly feel the bite. It's not until 4-8 hours before the bite even becomes red. I however have started feeling "bites" everywhere on my body..

My 5:30am bedtime just turned into a 9am, or maybe 12pm bedtime, hell it might be a 5:30am bedtime tomorrow. I'm just setting here feeling new itchy spots pop up every few minutes hoping I didn't get bit and hoping if I did it's somewhere that I can easily attend to the wound. Well, I do have the spider floating in a cup of rubbing alcohol, I don't know if he's dead yet but I'm sure he's drunk as hell. Hopefully with the spider if any wound develops I can get medical attention before it leaves a hole in me.

Sigh.. I should be a little more optimistic. I didn't squash the spider and he seemed very health when I caught him so here's hoping he wasn't threatened enough to defend himself. Well I'm on the 3rd episode of SG1 season 2.. I guess I'll finished off the season and try to get back to sleep...

I apologize to everyone that's reading this right before bedtime. I'm sure you'll have no spiders.. I mean what's the chances that it'll happen to 2 TFPers in 1 night, right?

Feel free to share your stories of bites or close calls.. I'm sure I'll be hanging around the forum a few hours.

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