There's A What!?!?
Last night as my daughter went to wash up the dinner dishes, she turned on the water and then screamed! "THERE'S A SCORPION IN THE SINK!"
um..
Yes, there was a small scorpion in the sink. This is the very first scorpion ever found inside of my home. A neighbor told us six months or so ago that they were having some trouble with little scorpions since the empty lot across the alley was taken over by a nursery. But we had not seen any in our home or in the yard for that matter. I will admit, however, that we did not go looking for them outside. The yard is mostly just dirt because who wants to pay the water bill it would take to keep it green out there?? Anyway, I digress. I am now not willing to send my kids out to play. I watch the floor as I walk through the house. I worry about the baby crawling around the room. He needs to start walking...like NOW and well that putting stuff in his mouth phase? It has to end. I shudder at the thought of ....well I can't even put it in writing..it would just creep me out.
I have lived all my life here in wonderful Arizona where scorpions really are a part of the package. Still, because we have always lived in long-time developed areas it has never been a problem for me or my kids.
So, just imagine, picking up that bowl out of the sink and finding this:
Yeah, you'd freak a bit too.
I hear the little scorpions have a meaner sting than the bigger ones. UGH!
We have a good friend who is a specialist in scorpion termination. He is getting a call this afternoon...yep he is.
um..
Yes, there was a small scorpion in the sink. This is the very first scorpion ever found inside of my home. A neighbor told us six months or so ago that they were having some trouble with little scorpions since the empty lot across the alley was taken over by a nursery. But we had not seen any in our home or in the yard for that matter. I will admit, however, that we did not go looking for them outside. The yard is mostly just dirt because who wants to pay the water bill it would take to keep it green out there?? Anyway, I digress. I am now not willing to send my kids out to play. I watch the floor as I walk through the house. I worry about the baby crawling around the room. He needs to start walking...like NOW and well that putting stuff in his mouth phase? It has to end. I shudder at the thought of ....well I can't even put it in writing..it would just creep me out.
I have lived all my life here in wonderful Arizona where scorpions really are a part of the package. Still, because we have always lived in long-time developed areas it has never been a problem for me or my kids.
So, just imagine, picking up that bowl out of the sink and finding this:
Yeah, you'd freak a bit too.
I hear the little scorpions have a meaner sting than the bigger ones. UGH!
We have a good friend who is a specialist in scorpion termination. He is getting a call this afternoon...yep he is.
12 Comments:
I am grateful for not having encountered any of these creatures when I was there.
If I saw one, I'd have to move. Although I don't blink an eye at ants and most people can't stand them.
Oh yuck. That is horrifying.
They sure do look like mean little suckers, don't they?
We lived in what was then the edge of Phoenix (36th St and Indian School) and shook out our shoes every morning just in case.
I never saw one although we had far too many red ants, longhorn beetles, and flying cockroaches.
I didn't want any of them in my shoes either, thanks.
Yikes! We have way too many mosquitoes most summers, and too many wasps this summer, but at least we never have to find THOSE in our sink! At least there are some benefits to living in the colder north!
How the heck did it get in your sink?! What a sneaky little bugger. We foune one camping once and it was cool and everything because we were out doors, but I couldn't help hoping none of them made it inside our tents!
Ack! I used to live in the desert, and I remember the first one we got in our house too. I hate them!
Um... thanks for the heads-up! I may be visiting Phoenix in the near future... I'll be sure to sport my steel-toed sandals!
The picture alone is giving me the flux.
Suddenly my mouse problem doesn't seem quite so meanacing.
Oh yeah, that would freak me out.
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