- Shower Experience - Wednesday, June 28, 2006 So this morning I wake up, get the boys' clothes around and get in the shower. It's taking me longer than usual because my leg hair was 11 inches long, so I decided I would tackle that problem this morning so I could actually swim in that big resin pond in my back yard. Anyway, I get in the shower, do my thing, wash my hair, just get to the point I'm going to rinse it out and out of NOWHERE a big ass Palmetto bug (for those of you from the north these things are HUGE, black and crunch with wings. They're the nastiest things I've ever seen!!) flies down, lands on the bottom of my bathtub and jets toward me at mach 5. Well, this was not a pretty sight as I'm half soapy, trying to jump out of my shower, all the while shrieking! So then I try to open the bathroom door with soapy, wet hands, which doesn't work at all. Chris finally comes to the door, of course the kids are following him, and asks what the problem is. I proceed to show him the "problem" and he rolls his eyes and says, "that's what you were screaming about"? UGGGH...he OBVIOUSLY does not realize the full affect. So, I get back in the shower and all I can think about are the "what if's". What if it would have jumped on my head while I was washing, what if it would have jumped on my face when I washed my face....ugh, I think I need a VERY STRONG liquid breakfast this morning!

posted by VRA @ 6:31 AM 3 Comments: At 6:38 PM,  Crime Dog said... I met my first "Palmetto Bug," in Crestview, FL back in'78. Thought it was a bird.   At 7:44 PM,  VRA said... Yes--that's exactly what it is!! We get reports for low flying palmettos all the time!   At 11:58 PM,  Crime Dog said... BTW, my sis in law just applied to a couple of local agencies to be a VWA. Wish her luck!   Post a Comment << Home