I came home on Friday night after work and as I opened up my screen door, I saw a shape by the corner bottom of my front door that didn't look right. It looked kind of "bugish." However, I knew it was too big to be a bug. I was hoping it was a just a leaf until I was able to grab a flashlight and see this:
I'm not going to say I screamed like a school girl. Let's just say my neighbors might wonder when I adopted a 13 year old girl. A 13 year old girl with a screaming problem.
When it comes to bugs, I'm not a stomper. I'm a shooter. I love killing from a distance. Yeah, that's right Bill Maher, go ahead and call me cowardly. I went back inside (utilizing my saviorous side door) and came out armed with "Country Fresh" scented Raid. Considering the size of the beast, this was no job for "Unscented" Raid.
Half a can later, the critter finally flopped on its back for good. With a stick, I was able to manuever it into a plastic bag so I could take cool pictures of it next to a pen:
How's this for judging the size of it:
Check out my cool penguin calendar:
I think we make a cute couple:
I want to name it Oscar, but it might be a female in which case, I'm leaning toward Elizabeth. I haven't decided for sure yet. I'm going to go to the library tommorrow and check out a book on baby names.
Oh--here's a nice postscript. The very next night, I came home and jokingly said to myself, "Better look closely to make sure it doesn't happen again." Ha ha ha, right?
WRONG!
It DID happen again. I opened up my screen door and--boom--there was a disgustingly large possible-cockroach #2 was sitting in front of my door. I couldn't believe it. Once again, I went inside and armed myself for war. It didn't take very long as I was now a battle-worn veteran. Once back outside, I shined my flashlight on the latest enemy:
A leaf.
Sheesh.
Me and Oscar/Elizabeth/To Be Determined are still laughing about that.
I do think I shall be wary of every leaf in the world from here on out, though.
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