Me vs. Spider

Hi.

So this actually happened a couple weeks ago and I only decided to write about this epic battle now.

As you may have already figured out, this battle was between myself and a spider. The location of the battle takes place in my Mazda3 Sport GT.

I started to notice that there were a few webs inside my car, so like any other driver, I suspected that there was a spider making a residence inside my car somewhere - hidden, away from plain sight. I thought, you clever little bugger, I know you only like to come out when I'm not in the car. You suck!

Then one day, I saw the little one. So tiny. Actually, it wasn't tiny, it was actually pretty big. It startled me while I was driving. It was one of those clear looking types of spider that are pretty common in the house.

So there it was, walking along casually across my dashboard. The little sucker was probably all cocky and crap because he was able to walk around freely while I was helpless to destroy it while I was driving. I also didn't have anything to kill it with. +1 to the spider. Dammit! However, the spider made one big mistake. It showed me where its hiding spot was. It was in my vents. How do I drive this little sucker out?

For a while I couldn't figure it out. I figured I'd kill it by chance. The next time I would be prepared. I had a paper towel stuffed away in my centre console just in case the spider decided to make another appearance. It's bound to happen!

On my way home, I see it again. It comes out of hiding. I'm watching it as I'm driving (yes, I know it's an unsafe practice on the road, especially when I'm driving on the westbound QEW) and it makes its way down on top of the glove compartment. Just a little bit closer, a little bit closer...SMUSH! Destroy! I scream in victory! DIE DIE DIE!!! Ok, maybe I didn't, but I was happy I finally got the arachnid. 

I get home to my driveway, and I pick up the paper towel that I left on the floor of my car. I open it up to take a look at my defeated friend. What? He's not there! Where did it go? It outsmarted me! It escaped! NO!!! I muttered to myself, I should've known, there were no guts on the glove compartment. Of course it got away! He got lucky this time.

A few days later, I had to go to Canadian Tire to pick up a few things. I decided I would experiment with something. I would put on the heat on one notch higher to see it would bring my friend out of hiding in the vents. Too bad I couldn't do anything since this time I was driving. At least I knew that I could bring him out now by doing this. So I let him go this time around. Maybe let him have a few last words with his family if he had any in the car.

I come back out from Canadian Tire, empty-handed as they didn't have what I went there to get. Bummer. But, I knew it was time for business now. I have a strategy and I was determined to make it work and claim victory once and for all!

I sat down. Turned on the car, and put on the heat up a notch. Lo behold, the spider has returned into plain sight. What's the matter spider, you didn't like the heat? So it scampers along my dashboard to the passenger side of the car. I guess he knew what his fate was and he was trying to cheat death.

I'm there ready with my paper towel in hand. The spider tries to get to the door, but just before he's able to make it there. SMUSH! Game. Set. Match! I check the paper towel for its corpse. It's there. Finally confirmation. The battle is over.

I take it outside of the car to bury it - in the garbage bin. RIP