For me there is no larger offense than something deliberately setting out to interfere with my ability to enjoy a good night's sleep.
Grateful that I am no longer subject to random police sirens or drunken fellow students stumbling in at 3am, I now have other, more ridiculous sleep disturbers that I have not yet figured out how to handle.
So I was climbing into my bed one night and getting ready to turn off the light, when I spotted the wrong end of a very leggy spider on my ceiling – directly above my face!
Now how on Earth was I supposed to fall asleep knowing that a creepy crawlie, who was already upside down above me, could trip and fall straight into my hair?
See I have zero tolerance for trespassers at the best of times so this is how the predictable game of Ella & the spider begins every single time:
* Ella finds a glass
* Spider doesn't move* Ella climbs on the bed
* Spider senses an attack and starts moving really quickly
* Ella screams
* Spider hides
* Ella waits for spider to re-emerge
* Spider does not re-emerge
* Ella loses three precious hours of potential sleep
Not
good!
It annoys me even more that every spider (except for tarantulas) has a
misguided notion that because I am bigger, I want to hurt it – rest
assured spiders that this is simply not true!If I reached for that shoe and took a swing at you, cleaning your blood splats off my walls will be my responsibility, which is something I don’t want!
So how about you just stay out of my room okay?
Ella Roberts,
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