(this was raechyls original post on what she seems to think happened....remember she is 15 and I think loo-loo - loll)
Me: "Mom, pull over."
Mom: "Why?"
Me: "Just pull into a driveway."
Mom: "Rae, we're on a highway."
Me: "I know. Just pull into one."
Mom: "Why?"
Me: "There's a spider on the ceiling."
The next fifteen minutes were full of my mom screaming, almost in tears, me and Adam laughing historically, and, in short, we now have my dads car because we never killed the spider and my mom refused to drive!
Mom: "Why?"
Me: "Just pull into a driveway."
Mom: "Rae, we're on a highway."
Me: "I know. Just pull into one."
Mom: "Why?"
Me: "There's a spider on the ceiling."
The next fifteen minutes were full of my mom screaming, almost in tears, me and Adam laughing historically, and, in short, we now have my dads car because we never killed the spider and my mom refused to drive!
This the REAL story:
Rae"mom, pull into a driveway". Me "Rae, we're on a highway. There are no driveways" Rae " mom pull over" me "Rae I can't" rae "mom there's a spider over your head" (and that is where we stop agreeing!). I looked up and saw a furry legged black and tan spider half the size of Texas dangling over my head, progressing toward my face...at which point I started screaming trying to pull over ANYWHERE that didn't kill my kids (cuz I was pretty sure if this thing got me I was already dead!). So for the safety of my children I pulled Into a parking lot (AFTER waiting a good 7 minutes due to the complete rational fear for my children) and did what any other completely normal person would have done. I slowly got out of my car ( after making sure the kids exited safely so it didn't kill them) then proceeded to calculate its size to be about the size of a 50 cent piece. Then it jumped and spun a web as it jumped making me realize it meant business. As I continued to fear for my kids safety, I wrangled the spider to one corner of the car and in a heroic attempt to ensure the safety of my kids I tried to kill it...at which point it disappeared. Because I was concerned for my kids safety I called Eric to meet us in the parking lot to take my car and give me his. I'm pretty sure it was poisonous and IMHO I acted quite nobly.
PS- Rae choked on a garlic knot on the way home and after I did the heimlick maneuver to save her (yes again) she proceeded to say "I hope Adam chokes too cuz he made fun of you, too"
SMH....
Rae's response:
Raechyl Thieringer First of all, I either said on the ceiling or above your head, not on it, second, it was no bigger then a dime, third, you barely made it 30 seconds before pulling over, third, ADAMS STILL IN THE CAR, fourth, it was on the ceiling NOT dangling above your head, fifth, you jumped out of the car while it was moving, you said so yourself, sixth, I WAS THE ONE SPIDER-WRANGLING, seventh, you threw a paper at me and proceeded to back away from the car screaming, "KILL IT, RAE, KILL IT!", eighth, I told you at least six times that it WAS NOT POISONOUS!!!!!, and ninth, there was nothing noble about it. And, btw, when I choked, you were laughing so hard you cried and the only words you could get out were, "Rae, are you ok?" and then you continued to laugh. THAT'S WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!!!!!! Lol
This the REAL story:
Rae"mom, pull into a driveway". Me "Rae, we're on a highway. There are no driveways" Rae " mom pull over" me "Rae I can't" rae "mom there's a spider over your head" (and that is where we stop agreeing!). I looked up and saw a furry legged black and tan spider half the size of Texas dangling over my head, progressing toward my face...at which point I started screaming trying to pull over ANYWHERE that didn't kill my kids (cuz I was pretty sure if this thing got me I was already dead!). So for the safety of my children I pulled Into a parking lot (AFTER waiting a good 7 minutes due to the complete rational fear for my children) and did what any other completely normal person would have done. I slowly got out of my car ( after making sure the kids exited safely so it didn't kill them) then proceeded to calculate its size to be about the size of a 50 cent piece. Then it jumped and spun a web as it jumped making me realize it meant business. As I continued to fear for my kids safety, I wrangled the spider to one corner of the car and in a heroic attempt to ensure the safety of my kids I tried to kill it...at which point it disappeared. Because I was concerned for my kids safety I called Eric to meet us in the parking lot to take my car and give me his. I'm pretty sure it was poisonous and IMHO I acted quite nobly.
PS- Rae choked on a garlic knot on the way home and after I did the heimlick maneuver to save her (yes again) she proceeded to say "I hope Adam chokes too cuz he made fun of you, too"
SMH....
Rae's response:
Raechyl Thieringer First of all, I either said on the ceiling or above your head, not on it, second, it was no bigger then a dime, third, you barely made it 30 seconds before pulling over, third, ADAMS STILL IN THE CAR, fourth, it was on the ceiling NOT dangling above your head, fifth, you jumped out of the car while it was moving, you said so yourself, sixth, I WAS THE ONE SPIDER-WRANGLING, seventh, you threw a paper at me and proceeded to back away from the car screaming, "KILL IT, RAE, KILL IT!", eighth, I told you at least six times that it WAS NOT POISONOUS!!!!!, and ninth, there was nothing noble about it. And, btw, when I choked, you were laughing so hard you cried and the only words you could get out were, "Rae, are you ok?" and then you continued to laugh. THAT'S WHAT REALLY HAPPENED!!!!!! Lol
