Thursday, August 11, 2022

Bleck

This morning I picked up Ben's saddle and walked out the tack room door to put it on him. Then something with lots of legs ran up my arm which was holding the saddle. So I naturally threw the saddle on the ground and this: 

Internet photo, but you get the idea

skittered away from me. It vanished before I could stomp it. The saddle seemed unharmed just a bit sandy. 

Then I picked up Ben's front foot to stretch his leg out. It had apparently taken refuge under his front foot and since my leg was the closest thing, started up my leg. While Ben was in the middle of his downward dog stretch. Since it was on my half chaps and not my bare skin I kept it together till he finished stretching. Then I shook it off my leg and stomped it. 

Anyone else have nasty barn bug stories??? 

In college I woke up to one of those on me. I told my roommate who was terrible about cleaning up food and eating in her room that she needed to not leave food sitting around. She proceeded to tell me cockroaches are actually really clean bugs. Totally not the point. Totally don't care how clean it is. 

6 comments:

  1. Oh nasty! When we were camping last week I saw a wolf spider enter my tent. But where did he go? lol, never saw him again despite what felt like all night vigilance!

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    1. I would've been so jumpy not knowing where he had gone!!!

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  2. fire. it's the only answer LOL!

    also. roaches can be "really clean bugs" as much as they like, just plz not anywhere near me, thankyouverymuch!!!!

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    1. Exactly!! Not my fave roommate of all time LOL

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  3. Earlier this summer, we had RATS at the barn. Regardless of how clean and organized we keep our aisle, it didn't matter if the other ones had grain / food laying about. They scurry out from under tack trunks - it's sick

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    1. I think you win this unpleasant competition. Especially with the way rats will destroy things.

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