100

it's official, i have found over 100 dead spiders in my apartment. to commemorate the event, i found one in my bedroom for the first time. awesome.

senor exterminator comes in 45 mins. if this round of poison doesn't help the situation, i'm going to start looking for a new place...

up and up

8/4 18:30 -- 76.
opened the hall closet and found 4 more. moved a box to find another 2.


8/5 11:10 -- 82.
found 1 before i left to go dancing last night, 1 when i came home from dancing, and 3 more when i woke up this morning. another (a different kind, too... crap...) showed up while i was eating breakfast.

i've started collecting samples. i now have 3 in a plastic cup on my kitchen counter.


8/5 23:50 -- 83.
1 sitting by the cats' food bowls when i got home. decided not to look around for more before bed to avoid nightmares...


8/6 11:05 -- 85.
1 at the kitchen entrance when i woke up. he wasn't there last night. watched che kill and eat another a few minutes ago. at least i didn't have to clean that one up?


8/8 14:30 -- 93.
came home after a day and a half at my sister's to 7 dead ones scattered around the house. didn't even look everywhere, didn't want to. 1 live one scampered across the kitchen floor in front of me and my cats. che squished it - it looked intentional this time. he wasn't sad. in fact he looked pretty proud of himself.

more!

holy crap, I just found another 7 by simply looking up. they're in my light fixtures. add on the one i watched my cat kill this afternoon, and the tally is up to 70.

spider watch 2009

this morning's dead spider count is already up to 9, and it's not even noon yet. i even stepped on one while i was stumbling around half-awake at 6:45 this morning getting ready for my run. it gives me chills just thinking about it...

that brings the total since last tuesday to 62.

i think if i hit 100 i will seriously consider finding a new place to live.

why i'm waiting until then, i'm not sure. i guess i want to give my landlord a chance to make it right. he's failing at the moment, thru no fault of his own. he's got an exterminator coming every 2 weeks and is getting the infested tree removed. which is why i can't live here if even *that* doesn't work...

week one, day one

today begins my training regimen for the moab other half on october 18th. i love how the first day doesn't even start with a run - it's a "strength/stretch" day. so mary and i went to a nia class this morning and then i'm going to spinning tonight.

nia was pretty darn fun, i have to admit. think aerobics/jazzercise with the "dance" parts being more akin to Isadora Duncan-esque pretend-like-you-are-child-let-your-body-move-like-a-flower-in-the-wind mixed with earthy feel-the-groove tribal rhythms. kind of a world-ish version of jazzercise. upside: i sweat like north carolina for a solid hour. downside: not quite sure if it did anything? i left with a fair bit of energy still, but maybe that was the point? dunno...

sleep, or something like it

i slept well over 12 hours last night, after a week of no more than 6 per night. anyone who knows me knows that i'm a sleeper. it's what i do best, honestly. i start to feel, well, bitchy if i can't get my required z's.

this morning i woke up refreshed, alert, and (dare i say it) happy. happy enough to actually open matlab and do some research. what is this world coming to???