Hairy Scary

I don’t love spiders, but I’m not terrified of them either. I prefer a quick squish-and-dispose method of dealing with creepy crawlies (sorry, nature lovers!). Out of sight, out of mind.

However this morning a furry beast of an arachnid decided that we would be sharing a workspace. I said nay, nay (albeit from across the room. I don’t mess with big, fat, juicy spiders that may or may not have the ability to JUMP.)

EEP!

While I can deal with tiny spiders, large ones have a high ICK factor. Unacceptable and highly distracting in an office setting.

In the end I manned up. And totally moved my chair a solid foot over from its normal spot. Mutual respect, Mr. Spider. You do your thing, I’ll do mine.

After a while he disappeared, which was almost worse. I blessedly left the office at 1:30 and hurried home for lunch before a shopping date with my mother.

Lunch was a delicious and monstrous salad of greens, tuna salad, chopped apple, and feta cheese. Fitting that I had a huge salad before meeting my mother, as she is a great crafter of ginormously tasty green salads.

(In case you’re interested, I mix my tuna salad up with hummus instead of mayo, cutting down on fat. If you do this but find your tuna salad is a little dry, try adding a drizzle of olive oil. This tuna salad also had some frozen corn and chopped celery.)

So good with lots o’ crunch and a sweet and savory mix from the juicy apple and the salty feta. I was planning on having a yogurt as dessert, but this left me satisfied so I had a malted milk ball and called it quits. I’m full and energized for an afternoon of shopping!