Things I was not prepared for when moving to El Paso…

Bugs…nasty, nasty bugs.

So, when moving to the desert, I didn’t take into consideration that there would new kinds of creepy crawly things to deal with.  It started about a month ago when we noticed a scorpion near the downstairs bathroom.  We promptly smooshed that little ba$tard and Chris got bug spray for the house.  Since then, there have been two live scorpion sightings and a dead one in the bathroom.  Creepy.

 Then, our neighbors told us about the 6 foot bull snake heading from his yard into our driveway.  I’m just glad that I found out about that one after the fact.  Did I mention the rattlesnake in another neighbor’s garage?

 Then, this morning I found a rather large spider on the first step heading upstairs.  I took a look at it before throwing the phone book at it and I swear…it was a baby tarantula.  What the??? 

Now I am officially creeped out and scared to walk around my own house.  If I need to go downstairs during the night, all the lights are turned on.  I’m not risking stepping on one of those nasty creatures.  And of course, I did have the lovely dream about a dozen or so scorpions scampering under our front door to have a party in the foyer.  AHHH!