Anyone who knows me, knows how terrified I am of spiders. I hate bugs in general, but spiders definitely make it to the top of the "Things that scare me close to death" list. I've had a couple of instances where bugs appeared in my car during a ride somewhere, but none I couldn't handle on my own with a quick swat or rolling the windows down to get it out. Only once have I ever had an encounter with one of those ugly 8-legged little terrors, though. That time, it was in a conspicuous place and my best friend had seen it so we were able to kill it right away. This time, however, I was by myself and didn't have anything within reach that i could grab to kill it with...OR a flashlight to see where it went, which could have drastically helped the situation!
At 1:00 a.m. (This morning), I was on the drive back home after spending some time with two of my girlfriends. I had the heater on and turned up my relaxing, melodic instrumental music to help me wind down after a fun-filled evening. I was about a mile away from home, when all of a sudden, while passing under a streetlight, I caught a glimpse of a black spider crawling across the dashboard in front of me. Instantly, I turned on the overhead light in my car and looked wildly around for something to smash it with as I was starting to panic with each passing second. I looked back at the spot where I had seen the spider just two seconds before, but it had disappeared! I mumbled "you've got to be kidding me" out loud, which I normally do in situations like these, and swiftly surveyed the area I last saw it. I kept envisioning it crawling under the cavity where i had my feet on the pedals, and getting on my legs or just getting ON me, period! I couldn't get out of the car fast enough. I called my mom, who woke my sister up (poor things, they were both so mad at me) who came to my rescue because I absolutely refused to get back in the car. I felt bad...I can force myself to do most things even when I'm very scared...but facing a spider, or knowing that it's creeping around in my car just gives me the heebie-jeebies! I cleaned my car out today and looked in every crevice and cranny i could find, but never found the spider :( We'll see if he decides to show himself again tonight *Shiver*
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