I don't fare well with bugs

Whoa. I'm currently in freak out mode, here. I was on the verge of a panic attack not too long ago. I was using this leftover bug killer stuff I found to spray the perimeter and eaves of my cabin when I came across dun dun DUUUNN. . . a yellowjacket nest in the beginning stages in the eave above my front door. It was 10% interesting and 90% frightening. Interesting because it was kinda cool to see the start of a nest, but frightening because I'm me. I stood there for a minute looking at it, stunned. It looked like there was only one bee there tending, so I decided to go for a bold move and spray it with the insect killer I had in my hand. I sprayed once and sorta hit it, then I sprayed again and soaked it because it was a continuous stream thingy. All of a sudden the bee went flying off at me so of course I dropped what I was holding and ran to one of the other cabins for dear life. I'm not kidding when I tell you I was practically shaking when I got inside the cabin and slammed the door. The bee didn't make it in after me, thank God.

So, of course the next step was to go directly to the store and buy everything they sell that kills bees. Well, I didn't go right there, I waited in the house for a while because What if he was waiting outside for me?!?! I realize how crazy I sound when it comes to bees, don't worry. At the store I got a fogger that kills most bugs, a wasp killer to get rid of the nest and one of those indoor foggers. I got the indoor fogger because when I ran away I left my cabin door open, so who knows if he's inside. I'm not even going to talk how much willpower it took to go into my cabin before I left for the store - I had to get my car key, which meant walking directly under the nest. Twice.

When I got back home the first step was to take care of the bees nest. They say to spray the nest at dusk or dawn when bees are less active. Well, that isn't exactly an option here because of the constant sunlight. I bravely sprayed the hive without a hitch. It was foam so it engulfed the entire thing which made me feel better.

The second step was using the fogger around the eaves and perimeter of the cabin to get rid of the spiders. I was doing okay with spiders until I saw that GIANT one the other day. That put me over the edge because it looked like a black widow. Even though there aren't black widows up here, I'm still freaked because it was huge and scary. I sprayed one side of the house and went around to the back. When I went to the original side again to do another round of spraying, I witnessed a massive spider evacuation. everywhere there were spiders hanging from threads, getting the hell out of there. Guess that fogger stuff works. Unfortunately when I fogged the cabin, I hit a lot of the branches that hang right over the front door area, which also triggered a massive evacuation so there were a whole bunch of spiders dangling in front of my door. So much for the indoor fogger for tonight. That will have to wait until I can de-spider the front door.

So, as if all of this wasn't enough, I was sitting in my car with my computer typing this up while I waited for the massive amounts of poison in the air to dissipate when I saw a big spider crawling on the edge of my dash by my window. I had been seeing lonely strands of spiderweb in my car for a few days, but I didn't really worry about it much. When I saw the bastard, I worried. I picked up a bottle of 409 I had in the car and sprayed him enough to stun him and give me time to get by him and out of the car. When I got out I picked up the wasp killer and sprayed him. I grabbed my camera to take a picture so I could identify him and while I was doing that out of the corner of my eye, suddenly I saw another spider of the same kind floating through the air toward me. I stood up and slowly backed away. Much to my dismay the spider followed me and it seemed the strand he was floating on was attached to ME! What else would I do but run away and do the bug dance? You should know this about me by now. He was a big spider, so give me a break. I was already freaked out about the entire bug event of the day so seeing a big spider attached to me wasn't exactly what I needed. So after my bug dance, I picked up the fogger and fogged near the open door of my car in case he was still there or in case there were more. I pretty much poisoned my car, which is fabulous. I'm really hoping the two of them weren't getting it on in my car because that would mean more little baby spiders to come. GRRRR! The spiders looked the same and usually male/female spiders of the same species look different so I'm crossing my fingers here.

If I see another freakin' spider tonight I'm going to lose my mind. Oh, forgot to mention that while I was fogging outside of my cabin a yellowjacket flew at me so I ran away to the safety of my car (or at least I thought, until I saw the devil spiders that lived in there). I've done a lot of running today. Maybe I'll become an exterminator so I get some exercise. Next time I go running I'm going to pretend I'm being chased by a swarm of bees.