"Look Mommy, a spider!"

Driving around town today, I hear a sweet little voice in the back say, "Look Mommy, a spider!" She loves spiders and bugs, I do not! Wouldn't you know, there dangling (yes, I said dangling) over her car seat is a spider the size of a quarter. In my opinion, they cannot be trusted, and he was ready to pounce. Rob has often told me that I overreact about spiders and bugs, and that the more of a deal I make of it, the more scared Melly will be. I try and keep my wits about me, but he's a big spider and he looked hungry. Now here's the bad part. I cannot control my actions when I see a spider. I swear one of these days I'm going to get in an accident crying about the spider that was crawling around the car. Luckily, today was not that day. The spider managed to swing himself over to the side of the car, and I was able to pull safely into a parking lot. I grab my Linen's N Things coupon (only object other than a tissue I could easily grab) and I go crawling into the back seat to find the little bastard. Again, trying to not scare Melly, I calmly (I think) say, "Mommy's just trying to help the spider get out of the car and back to his family." That little bugger was one of those "jumpy" spiders that are highly aware of where you are and how to avoid you. So he sneaks away under the back seat. I can't find him. So now I'm driving back home, peeking into the back seat hoping I don't find him dangling anywhere. I can tell you now it will be at least a week until I can get into my car and not fear the creepy crawly that I KNOW is still lurking about... waiting...