speedy the spider

Oh yes, my friends. Scott had another encounter with a spider. If you need to read about his previous freak out go here.

So Scott and I were sitting at church this past Sunday. We had just sung our first song and now the elder was going through announcements, which means it was really quiet. We were minding our own business, when we looked at the chair in front of us and there was pretty decent size spider running up the chair. When I say running, I mean flying. He was the fastest little sucker I've seen. I feel like in the time I blinked he was already up the chair. The seat was not unoccupied. In front of us sat this large (as in tall), middle aged, bearded man. He was a man's man and we know him in passing. I probably would have just crossed my fingers and hoped the spider wasn't poisonous. Not Scott. He is a man of action. He picked up his Bible (because in the few seconds it took us to process there was a spider, it was on the man's back) and THWACK! Scott hits this guy! The gentleman turns around, looking totally confused. I'm whispering to him "It's a spider! It's a spider!" trying to make him understand Scott isn't crazy. Scott, on the other hand, was still very concerned over the spider which he missed. We see the spider scurry over the man's shoulder and Scott gracefully awkwardly reaches around this guy and hits him again but this time on the chest! At this point, we are totally making a scene and I'm laughing as quietly as I can. Scott still has this panicked look on his face because he missed the spider again. The gentlemen finally understands what we were trying to do and says in a manly whisper " Oh, it's fine. I'm not worried about a spider." Scott didn't look convinced. I was still snickering and Scott was scanning the area for our renegade arachnid. We eventually regained composure and Scott lost the hysteric look in his eyes. I looked down a little while later and there went our little friend - going at the speed of light to the back of the room! I didn't tell Scott. Who knows what kind of scene the spider sheriff would have made!