What a night!

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smcat

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Thought I'd share my "little adventure" from Saturday night. I'm sleeping comfortably and at 230am my DH jumps out of bed turns on the lights, takes the covers off the bed and I'm like "What is going on?". He says "I heard something fall from the ceiling fan on to the bed." So he's all looking for some kind of bug, never found anything. So we go back to bed, I get comfortable, then I feel something on my shoulder. Thinking it's my hair flying around (ceiling fan is on full blast), I brush it off and then I'm the one jumping out of bed, screaming "AAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW THAT BURNS!!!!!!" holding my finger. I knew immediately I was stung by a scorpion even though I've never been stung by one before. Sure enough my DH finds the scoropion lying on the bed! So I was up for over 45 minutes at 3:00 am holding an ice cube over the kitchen sink on my finger to numb the burning sensation. Ahhh the joys of living in the country in Texas in the summer time.......
Sabine
 
Yeowch Sabine! I know scorpions are poisonous. I always thought you'd need to seek medical attn if you were stung by one but I guess the venom is not strong enough?
 
Oh, my gosh! I think I would have had a heart attack! Glad that you're alright and that it's nothing too serious! How scary!
 
I checked online too. Looks like the ones we have down here are not poisonous. Some people might have allergic reactions to them.
Thanks Liann, I'm fine now :) My finger was numb for a bit yesterday, but all better now.
 
OMG! :eek:

Where do you live? Because I am NEVER going there EVER! *heebie jeebies* *heebie jeebies* *heebie jeebies*

I'm glad you're alright!
 
>OMG! :eek:
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>Where do you live? Because I am NEVER going there EVER!
>*heebie jeebies* *heebie jeebies* *heebie jeebies*
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>I'm glad you're alright!

hahah out in the boonies :p ... I won't begin w/ the centipedes last year... one bug story a year is enough! :)
 
My friend lives in Austin and she had one fall off the ceiling and down her blouse and stung her boob. Hope you're ok.

Jean
 
Just reading your post freaks me out.

Glad to hear you're o.k.

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Smoke free since: 2/05/08
 
I'm sorry and I mean no offense, but --- why Texas? I could never live there (or most of the southwest). First it's hot - which I hate. Then you've got: poisonous snakes, scorpions, giant centipedes, killer bees, fire ants, poisonous spiders, (am I leaving anything out?). Did I mention it's also really hot. That is my description of hell. (sorry) I'm glad you are okay!!
 
I hear you. Both my husband and I were stung in bed when we lived in Texas. I also found one on my daughter's pillow right before I put her in bed. (Needless to say, I killed that one before he got a chance to sting her.) Even my little late chihuahua, Gordon, got stung on his snout! Poor little guy. We had to check our sheets every night before climbing into bed, and we didn't go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without slipping on some flip-flops, for fear of stepping on one in the dark. Even more freaky, a few times they fell out of the recessed lights in our ceiling. Seriously gross! It was raining scorpions. While I miss Austin a lot, I sure don't miss the scorpions.
 
Good lord woman, that is scary, almost as scary as the picture of the snake Bill posted:eek: My suggestion would be to move immediately.;)
 
Scorpions falling from the ceiling? Eeeew!

I visited some relatives in Texas when I was about 7 years old. One thing I remember were the HUGE cockroaches I saw on the outside of some building.
 
Texas isn't the only place with them. They are found in California, Nevada, Nebraska, Alabama, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana,Utah Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Florida. I don't care where they live, they creep me out. I don't know which is worse for me, scorpions or black widow spiders. I can handle most other critters, but those two give me the heebeegeebees.

Jean
 
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