The GIANT spider
We went camping over Memorial Day Weekend in a cabin not too far from where we live. We went with my sister-in-law, brother-in-law and our three neices. The cabins were ok, but dirty. We brought our own linens for the beds and were making them in preparation for sleep Friday night when our oldest niece who was also sharing our cabin screamed because there was a giant spider on the top bunk. I didn't believe that the spider could be that big. She refused to go back on the top bunk to make the bed up until we found the spider and killed it. I crawled up there and started looking around and it was hanging off the side of the bed. It definitely was a big brown spider, the likes of which I have never seen before in my life. I told Mike to get me something so I could kill it. Of course, he took his own sweet time and all of a sudden, the thing jumped on the bed and started hopping/jumping towards me despite my screams of protest. The louder I screamed, the closer it got....... I have never in my life jumped off a top bunk so fast! I was shaking so bad and saying I wasn't going back to get it and one of the men would have to take care of it. Of course, everyone was laughing because I was so freaked-out. So, the hubster and Mike went up to get it and it jumped at them as well. It jumped off the bed and onto the wall where Mike finally squished it. Thank GOD! Although the men kept telling me that it wasn't a spider, it was a grasshopper or something, I am not convinced. I saw it with my own two eyes and so did our neice! I will never laugh at or make fun of someone again when they say they saw a giant spider!

SUNBURNED SON
Mike had a field trip to the local pool the other day with his classmates. I knew it was going to be a hot, sunny day and told him that night before we went to bed to be sure that he packed the sunscreen because he burns easily. I even called him the next morning from my cell on the way to work to remind him about he sunscreen. I got home that night and he looked like a lobster. I said, "what happened to the sunscreen you were supposed to put on?" He said, "mom, there is none and I couldn't find it" I was a little upset because he had small blisters from it and I worry about Melanoma because of my medical background. So I had him help me search for the sunscreen. We couldn't find any because the kids had taken it to the pool on our camping trip and left it at the pool (both bottles). It was the spray on stuff so it is much easier to put on. I told him he should've borrowed some from someone else, but he is too cool for that. Teenagers! Oh well, I doctored him up with the aloe vera gel and he went to bed. Last night I got him some solarcaine because he said it is so painful. I hope that helped him. I used to do silly things like that, only worse as a teenager, I used to lay out with baby oil on and purposely fry myself all for the sake of a tan. However, I left that out when I was talking to Mike. I hope that he will remember how much it hurts the next time he wants to spend the day in the sun and put the sunscreen on. Deanna is too funny, she thinks that the sunscreen is her tanning lotion and she puts it on to lay out. I am certainly not going to tell her anything different.

Life's little mishaps......
I just got off working a 12 hour shift on Wednesday night and my cell phone was ringing. I picked it up and it was my hub asking for the insurance cards for his truck. I said you must have it because I gave it to you to put in the glovebox. He said no, I have been looking all over for it, in the truck and the house and can't find it. I was thinking "how typical and how am I supposed to help you look for it when I am here and you are there." So, after telling him a couple of spots to look, it dawned on me, he must've had an accident or something because why else would he need the insurance card?!? I said, "what happened, did you get in an accident?" He said, "I hit a brand-new hummer3 that was parked at Vinnie's (the local pizza place)" I was like, "you know that's a pretty big vehicle to be randomly running into, how could you not see it?" He goes, well, I saw the side panel and forgot about the thing in front of it and thought I had enough room." He drives a Ford f-350 which is a humongous truck to maneuver in the first place. I just burst out laughing because for once, it was him that made a mistake and not me. After I stopped laughing, I asked him if he was okay and if the person he hit threatened to do him bodily harm or anything? He said, "no, I have to call him with our information, and he was okay with that." So, we will see how much this little fender-bender will cost us and our insurance company. Those things are made out of fiberglass and are no match for a big truck. He said he scraped it and made a small dent in the front fender. Hopefully not too much and I hope they don't raise our rates. This will be something to tease him about now, though. Maybe he will finally let me live down the time I put our neon in the ditch about 7 years ago and made a dent in the front of it. Its at least a nice thought........