I spent most of today cleaning up the bungalow - organinzing papers, vacuuming, mopping the pretty new tile floors..... anything to avoid the painting I should have been doing. At least I was being productive and not just slacking. For awhile I sat on the floor in our bedroom sifting through magazines, papers, books, etc. Some favorite Robin & Linda Williams music was playing from the little iHome machine on my nightstand. I was enjoying the quiet time alone.... and not painting. It was great! After a bit I got up to throw some things away and shuttle a couple stacks of things to the places where they belonged. As I turned around to leave the room, I stopped dead in my tracks. I had company - an uninvited guest had invaded my peaceful, solitary space. It had a lot of legs and it was somewhat larger than the size of a quarter. I got a little closer - it didn't move, thank goodness - and counted the legs. What? 10 legs? Scorpion? Spider? Should I freak out? I decided to catch it first - and freak out later. Once my guest was shown to its new accomodations (Princess House crystal tumbler covered with a Longaberger mug lid for security), I "Googled" until I discovered who/what it was and how scared I should be. If you want to learn what I did today, look up wind scorpion or sun spider or sulpugid. Then let me know if you think I should be afraid. Oh, by the way, based on my Google science lesson, I freed my captive guest to enjoy our beautiful back yard. However, to make myself more comfortable, I also scheduled an appointment with my favorite pest control technician.