Facebook…

…Where you find out things that you wish someone would have had the sense to tell you before hand.

I went on to write about the giant spider that sent Harley into a near crying fit, nearly gave me a heart attack, and even gave Sonja pause to stop and think. Yes, it was THAT big. It is now in a jar, after being sprayed by Black Flag or Raid, or something that is suppose to kill it…& it’s still alive. The thing is is as big around as the lid of the jar. I do so hate spiders. Especially spiders in my house…Touching my children (yeah, it actually touched Harley, that’s how he found it). It boggles my mind how something that size can just wander through without being spotted. I guess that just goes to prove how much you don’t pay attention when you don’t think there is need.

ANYWAY…On to my initial thought…

My one uncle has been sick. Not completely sure what all was going on. He had COPD, which is why they moved back down to Georgia when his wife retired from the shop my Mum works at. Winters up here were too much for him. I’m not sure what started this last stuff, but he’s been sick for the last couple months, part of it was blood clots. I still don’t know what happened for sure…But apparently he died on Father’s Day. I only know this because I searched back through posts on my cousins page after finding out by reading something she had posted to begin with.
I contemplated calling my dad, it was his brother after all, because I don’t even know if he knows. But I think he’s working nights…So he’d be at work.
Now I don’t know if maybe this is why I haven’t heard from Uncle Larry…Appa is over there again to get his brakes looked at.

Sonja just sprayed the spider with hair spray…It still is not dead. I hate that spider.

On another distressing note…Sonja took Poochie for a walk last night (really going to have to stop letting her go alone, it never seems to end well).
I got a call from her, she was upset and crying. I hoped in Mum’s Explorer and headed off to get her. I got that it was something about a cat by the time I got there. After she got her and Poochie in she elaborated. A cat had tried to attack Poochie. She kicked it. It went after Poochie again. She kicked it again. Somewhere along this battle, the cat died.
It was close to Jordan’s house, and apparently Jordan’s mother let her bury it out back of their house.
We pull into the driveway, and she says "I know what happened to Coal." *frowns* 
*sigh* The cat her brother has been worrying over and wishing would come home. The cat that even I said I missed (as he use to chase the balls of paper). The cat Sonja missed and commented on the last time I wadded up a piece of paper to throw away.
I told her there had to have been something wrong with him…He was sick…He got into something…I don’t know.
I told her she did what she had to do, she was protecting Poochie.
[& no…Not telling Harley…Mum wondered if it was maybe one of the cats from down the road that look a lot like him…Sonja says no. *shrugs* One could hope tho.]
 

O.o Sonja just declared the spider’s name is Brian…It was something to do with spraying him with hair spray & then Black Flag, til it was rolling around in a puddle of it…So we were going to have a shiny bald spider in the morning. Brain is her teacher’s Mr. T’s first name. He’s bald.
& now she’s wondering about him being a Beth instead of a Brian and having babies somewhere in the house! *shudders* Oh bloody hell. I told her no, he just came in to get out of the rain…Gods, I hope that is the case. *shudders again* 

Mum is gone for the week…Camping in the U.P….The campground has no cell service.
She has to wait until they go into town, and then maybe get a signal.
Sent her texts about the spider & Uncle Bill.
Don’t know when she’ll get them.

Today was the next to last day for Teaching Writing.
I got everybody a copy of "Finish This Book". They had all expressed wanting to expand their writing…Thought it might help. Mine no longer looks the same. Had to make it a disguise. I’ll have to take a picture of it sometime.

Okay…Wrists are hurting…& I’m sure there is something homework related I should be thinking about doing…Tho I’ve kind of gotten distracted from all of that.
 

*EDIT* Here is Brian, before his demise…As he is now deceased.