HOLY SHIT!That's a spider, it's a spider, a spider... OMG it's a spider. I toss Zuri out of the shower, dripping wet. For some reason, I continue to wash, rather quickly, but keeping my eye on the devil with 8 legs. (My plan is to finish my shower, then seal off the bathroom, never to open it again. He can have it). I'm just about done and he starts running at me! I start screaming and crying and jump out. I run to my closet, grab a shoe, open the shower stall and throw the shoe at him. It grazes his legs and I throw it again. And again and again, until SUCCESS, he does the 'curl up and die'. I have soap on my face, so I rinse it off real quick and go to really squish him, so I can flush him, and he jumps up and runs back to the corner. I'm screaming 'Why won't you die??' and crying again. Aaron comes in, wants to see what's going on, but I'm convinced it's a baby eating spider and scream for him to get away (Way to go mom, he already has a fear of bugs.). I run downstairs, grab my weed killer (it's the only thing in the house that says 'killer' on it, so it's my only option) and run back upstairs... Remember, I'm naked.
I then begin to drown him in weed killer. Not just one or two squirts, but I empty out the whole bottle on him. He is now legs up, floating in a sea of Round Up. Not convinced he's dead, I shut the shower door, stuff a towel under it, just in case and shut the bathroom door, stuffing a towel under it. He's fooled me once, not going to happen again.
After all this, I come down stairs to check and see what kind he is, convinced that because of his size (with leg span, about the size of a silver dollar) he is highly venomous and I just saved us all from a painful death.
He's a grass spider. According to Wiki 'They are harmless spiders.'
* the photo is not of my spider, it's off the internet. Hopefully, my spider is dead.
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