so my 6 days of vacation is coming to a close. thanksgiving went wonderfully. my sister just left this morning after a 5 day stay. we had a blast shopping, walking, horseback riding, and eating (save for the lack of ability to find this girl good crab legs! curse you san francisco!). jon and i have always had this theory about the weather only being nice when people come to visit. now we've added a clause that says our neighbor will be out of town and the weather will be nice. i'm definitely not complaining about that one. there's nothing worse than being worried about going to jail for B&E and battery of a neighbor while you have house guests.

so it's back to the grind. i'll start with my normal gym routine tonight and off to the hell of work tomorrow. at least it's only a 3 day week for me. i was super productive in my days off. all i really have left to get accomplished is some christmas shopping, but that's fun stuff. i promptly cleaned off my desk this morning due to last night's incident. my sister had asked me to print up my itinerary for her return flight. my desk was a mess as usual with papers, business papers, everywhere. stacks of junk and random nonsense strewn about. it was only my cat-like reflexes that saved my by noticing the flash of eight...black...fuzzy...gigantic legs running for cover under my keyboard. i screamed of course and ran to jon "the spider killer" petto. he's kind enough not to give me too much of a hard time about it aside from the fact the nasty arachnid had too many hiding places amidst the junk. my sister whispered to him saying that he should just pretend that he smashed it and that would ease my pain. little does she know that:

a.) i make him show me the smashed spider in the tissue so i can sleep easier at night and
b.) after her playing that game with me for the 18 years we lived at home together, i'm wise to her trickery. especially when the spider always comes back for vengence. trust me, they know when you have thoughts of killing them.

it eventually was found crawling up the wall next to our bed. NEXT TO OUR BED PEOPLE. i almost had to vomit.