Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sluggish

SLug





I just pulled a slug, a SLUG! out of my daughter's hair. She came inside and said, "Mommy, I've got something gooey in my hair." I leaned in for a closer look and there it was: a one inch slug writhing around in her beautiful brown locks. I have an aversion to slugs. I can't stand them. They feel like those globs we used to get out of the grocery store vending machines as kids only they are actually living breathing organisms. I have no problems with most of the creatures of the insect world (I'm assuming here—probably wrongly—that a slug is an insect. What else is it going to be? A reptile? I think not). I digress. Most insects don't even phase me. I live together in peace with the moths, the flies, the wasps, the bees, the spiders, even the occasional cock roach but I can't handle slugs. Is it too much to ask that they steer clear of my daughter's head? Geez.

In better news my children have been playing outside for over two hours in the rain, wearing their fireman hats. They are covered in mud and slug feces from head to toe but I don't care. I love to watch kids playing in the rain.



9 comments:

  1. a slug is only a snail without a shell, so.... next time, break out the garlic and butter, a little crusty Italian bread, and some wine, VERY HEAVY on the wine, TADA!!!! generic escargot.

    ReplyDelete
  2. One word. Ewwww. If that's really a word.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I am not sure how I would have handled that. I am sure it would have involved a plastic glove and lots of squealing. Glad it is gone.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I know, Julianne, that you've been losing sleep over this one - a slug is not an insect, but a gastropod mollusk.
    How brave and courageous you were under the circumstances. I think I may have called 911 over that one!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Um, about a year ago you left a comment on my blog saying that freelance writing was the perfect stay-at-home Mom job. I've always remembered that comment. Today I got my first article published. The amount I'm being paid won't feed my family for more than uh, two hours but it's a start. So, I'm posting here to let everyone know the POWER of comments. I also wanted to say thank-you. So girlfriend, thank-you. You're my inspiration. <3

    ReplyDelete
  6. Yuk!(regarding the slug)
    I love watching kids play in the rain too. When I was younger my mother would say go out in the rain and wash your hair (and we would, we thought it was the funnest thing)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Yuck!!!! Also, I cannot say that I can live in harmony with a cock roach. I guess that means that you are a far better woman than I.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Yuck. I think that discovery would've resulted in a phone call to hubby, begging him to come home.

    ReplyDelete