Thursday, September 22, 2005
spider mom
when cleaning out my classroom before school began, i found this nice little surprise in the room divider between my room and the bio-kim’s classroom…
a spider mom and her egg-sac she was so lovingly guarding!
but, for the safety of my students (and my sanity!), i made the guys take the egg sac outside and destroy it. i know, i know, i’m mean, i kill parts of nature… but hey, y’know, spiders are poisonous in these here parts, and i don’t wanna risk it! it turned out to be a black widow, by the way, according to the guys, since i wouldn’t go close to that thing…
i never thought i’d be a wimp about stuff like this, but it turns out i am. KILL ALL SPIDERS! hey, when you live amongst black widows and brown recluse spiders (yup, our old house had it’s fair share of both types...), you start getting a little defensive and a little less protective of nature.