K, ya.... its actual body has to be more than an inch, but the legs/antenna/whatevers make him a lot bigger... and ickier. I guess all the rain and storminess has driven him in here... but I really don't want him to bring any of his friends... that would make me very uncomfortable... and I really don't know how to get rid of him... I don't want to kill him, but I really just don't want to be near him.
Spiders I can handle. Unknown crawly antenna-y things? not so much.
In relation to my room:
close up.... ew! I swear it even looks worse in person
So, what do I do?
I just can't squish it with a paper towel (even though Josh tried to make it sound so simple).
Nikki suggested a shoe, but ick, then what do I do with the corpsed shoe?
So I was about to trap him in a glass because that's what I do with spiders, and I thought it would be cool to keep him... but the thought of getting close to him and him scurrying around near me just totally freaked me out.
I then felt compelled to look up centipedes to see if they could be poisonous or something. Here's a helpful link I found. It told me that this is a house centipede and suggested the vacuum. Minimal nearness and contact. Okay, I'm gonna go for it.
So I felt like I was getting ready for war. And I was all nervous about putting the vacuum near him. I finally got up the courage and he tried to get away, but it sucked him in... but then how do I know where in the tube he is? So I took the vacuum into the other room and had to take off the attachment and put it on something higher, so I could look in it without being right next to it. No centipede. Okay, I think I'm safe, now... though we'll see if I sleep. :(
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It *is* war, Mike, it is. And you WON.
Seriously, all things household, it's us against them. Dominate them.
Ack!
I dont know my address yet! Can I tell you tonight?
that gives me the willy's... i don't like crawly things
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