The Neon Nurse's Charting

So, you know we live in the country, right? And you probably are somewhat aware that living in the country means living around lots of animals, which means There Will Be Flies.

There will especially be flies as the summer turns to fall, because while they are not the most intellectually brill of creatures, they DO know that it's a good idea to come in from the cold.

That means fall around here tends to be punctuated with annoying fly caresses ALL the darn time.

I was sitting around in the bathroom the other morning, wielding a fly swatter to pass the time, as I am wont to do. A fly landed on the counter by the sink and I nailed it. Turned it into an ex-fly, buzzing in the choir celestial.

A few minutes later, I spotted another one...but before I could swat, I realized it was NOT a fly, but a very small Jumping Spider. I stood up, and it froze in place. Didn't move a fuzzy little limb as I washed my hands. When I turned back from drying them, I saw a little twitch of a leg, but nothing more. You could almost see it thinking, "Whew, almost got spotted there, but I THINK I got away with it!"

I stood back a few seconds to see if it would do anything else, but nada. So I walked around to where it could not see me and peeked over the assorted containers. Sure enough, now that it was safely alone (it THOUGHT!) it LEAPT a vast THREE inches and nabbed that fly body, which was bigger than it was!

Didn't have the heart to interfere in such a major feat, so I went off and left it to eat in peace. Anything that's against the flies is a pal of mine!