I can't stand bugs. And I don't even know if I have any words adequate to explain how frightened I am by ones that sting and bite and do other terrible things to us.
Scorpions...for example.
They are horrid to look upon, they have a ridiculous tail that whips around and sticks its stinger in whatever comes near, and they are just freaking there when you least expect them to be...without any warning. It must be stressful for them to have such an evil existence. And I tell you what...when you wake up in the middle of the night with one on your head...well...it makes you scream out things that you normally would not utter. And that is what happened to me last night...or...early this morning would be more like it.
All I was doing was sleeping. Something startled me and I jerked myself up. My index and middle finger had a burning sensation as if I had a carpet burn, so I got out of bed and turned on the light to make sure there was nothing in bed with me. I shook the covers and nothing appeared. So I got back in bed and turned out the light. A few minutes later, I felt something whisk my hair, so I brushed my hand across my head and felt something moving. Freaked completely out...because that's what stupid bugs of all kinds do to me, I was out of bed and standing on the floor in less than a millisecond. And when I turned on the light, I saw a scorpion on the side of the bed. My heart almost just beat right on out of my chest and I was a sweaty mess with a few choice words flying out my mouth. I grabbed my phone and flipped him off the bed on to the floor and chased him down with my shoe. I beat that sucker so senseless that he was bouncing all over the place.
This was him just after he met his demise...
And tonight, wrapped up in my sweatshirt and blankets because he might have left some friends behind is making it extremely difficult to get any zzzz's.
And here is me...the night after the trauma. I'm not sure but I may have a case of PTSD.
I'm not one to exxagerate or be overly dramatic, but I'm not sure I'll ever sleep again.
