THE "JOYS" OF COUNTRY LIVING!

LIVING IN THE DESERT, WAY OUT IN THE BOONE DOCKS, CAN BE FULL OF SURPRISES. SOME NOT SO GOOD, LIKE THE ONE I GOT THIS MORNING. I GOT UP ABOUT 5:30-6:00 AS NORMAL ON A SATURDAY MORNING. ROBBY WAS OUT WORKING ON THE SPRINKLERS IN THE YARD, AND I WAS DOING MY CHORES FOR THE DAY, (LAUNDRY) I WAS ON MY SECOND LOAD, WHICH I HAD DUMPED ONTO OUR BED, TO SORT THEM AND PUT THEM AWAY. IT WAS KIND OF DARK IN THE BEDROOM, AND AS I WAS CROSSING THE FLOOR (BAREFOOT) OF COURSE, TO HANG SOME CLOTHES IN THE CLOSET I SAW SOMETHING ON THE FLOOR, SO THINKING IT WAS A DUST BUNNY OR SOME FUZZ FROM THE LAUNDRY, YOU KNOW HOW THERE IS ALWAYS LAUNDRY FUZZ, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY DUST BUNNIES YOU SEE, WHEN YOUR WHOLE HOUSE IS WOOD FLOORING, NO CARPET. ANYWAY, I STOOP OVER AND SCOOP IT UP IN MY HAND, WHEN TO MY DISMAY, I REALIZED IT WAS A SCORPION!!! YUCK, GROSS, SO OF COURSE I DROPED IT, WAY FASTER THAN I HAD PICKED IT UP, ALONG WITH A QUIVER & A UGHHHH! WHICH OF COURSE BROUGHT MY HUSBAND RUNNING, WHO HAD JUST WALKED INTO THE HOUSE, JUST IN TIME TO SEE ME DANCE, DROP & RUN. IT WAS ABOUT 2" - 3" IN SIZE AND DEAD, OF COURSE I DID NOT TAKE THE TIME TO FIND THAT OUT WHILE IT WAS IN MY HAND. THAT IS THE THIRD ONE (I) HAVE FOUND, IN THE HOUSE. LUCKY ME. AHHH, THE COUNTRY LIFE.