The itsy, bitsy SPIDER(S)

Let me start with an update starting from yesterday morning. I woke up like normal, got ready, grab my sweatshirt from the couch and headed out the door. It is HOT HOT HOT here but FREEZING in my office so I'm usually found in a sweatshirt. Anyway, I got to work and through the sweatshirt on. OUCH!! Something hurt on the inside of my left elbow. I didn't even think twice about it but scratched and went on about my business.

An hour later.. man this things hurts so I take off my sweatshirt and it looks like a spider bite. Red, sweaty/sticky, and burns. Anyway, I had someone take a quick look at it and they thought it was no big deal but also they don't know I'm pregnant.

I go through the day and can't stop thinking about this bite or about spiders being on me all day. UGH! I talked to hubby about it (who was out of town) but I wanted to wait and see before making any phone calls. I'm pretty tough.. hard headed.. stern about not calling the nurse. I've actually not called her once yet and well I kinda pride myself in that.

Anyway, later last night I had my first hormone breakdown. I was talking to hubby about the bite.. it still hurt and was sweaty/sticky and the more I talked, the more I felt like I made a bad decision about not being more concerned for the baby. I felt horrible. Thoughts about miscarrying went through my head. It was awful.

So I'm balling my eyes out for a good ten minutes and then I was fine. Man, it felt great once I was done and afterwards I really felt a lot better about the whole situation. So next time, I'll call the doctor. I learned my lesson.

Needless to say, all I have thought about since yesterday morning is spiders. I can't do anything without looking for spiders. I put on a sweatshirt that was in my office this morning and literally took 15 minutes to scan the entire thing for spiders. I sit with a blanket at work, I scanned it for 15 minutes just to be sure. I feel like they are crawling on my consistently and always looking if I feel something. I feel like I've officially developed a fear of spiders. Within 24 hours, I am now crazy lady afraid of spiders.

The result of all this is that hubby and I are looking into having someone come into our home and treat our house for spiders. Honestly, I don't go a day without killing or finding a dead spider. SERIOUSLY! I even killed two last night in baby's future room. I killed one last week that had babies on it's back which then I had to kill all of those. UGH! It is important to note that our place is a rental and well the people who lived in our house before were three guys that were FILTHY!! I've done a lot of cleaning but we definitely need a professional for our spider problem. YIKES!