I'm Dorky and I Know It!

Before I leave for Mérida, I'm working at our neighborhood pools to make some money. The pools open up this weekend, so I've just been doing pool maintenance and random jobs so that the pools will be ready to open on time, and once they open, I'll be lifeguarding!

So, anyway, one of the jobs I had to do is clean the bathrooms, which really doesn't sound that bad... But these bathrooms haven't seen the light of day for 8 or 9 months. HOLY COW IT WAS DISGUSTING. There were colonies of ants, spiders, spider webs/cobwebs, debris, dirt, mud, standing water, mildew, mold... It took some guts not to run away and never come back!

 This is totally what I wanted to do though.

If it's dirt, mud, and debris, that's totally fine! I can do that any day. But I hate hate HATE insects, especially spiders! Just seeing them in a picture gives me the heebie jeebies and I feel like I need to take a shower! Their nasty creepy-crawley legs and quick movements... YUCK YUCK YUCKY. Ron Weasley and I are totally in the same boat when we see spiders.

Even though I hate them A TON, I have this problem that I can't squish spiders. Even though they're so so sooo icky, I feel bad doing it! Well, and it scares me super bad. So I hafta get other people to do it for me! 

How things go when I see a spider:
1. It usually takes me a second to realize what just appeared in front of my face...

2. I bolt, yelling, "Daaaaaad!!!!"

But seriously, it terrifies me when I let a spider get away and know that it'll come into my room, crawl in my bed and bite me in the middle of the night. Those evil creatures!

Well anyway, throughout that entire job, I tried to clean as fast as possible, working like a madman, spraying Lysol and sprinkling Comet on every visible surface, and trying not to touch anything.

I'M JUST GLAD IT'S OVER! Those bathrooms look spick-and-span though. I did a pretty amazing job! I could probably become a professional cleaner or something... As long as spiders are not involved! D: