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The poor Dover Divas have had a heck of a time. In addition to mice, lizards, cockroaches, snakes, and a footlong rat (aka Ranjit), they recently had their first encounter with the worst creature of all: the horrific Hand Spider. The name alone should fill one with dread as, indeed, it is the size of one's hand. Gag me with a spoon. For pictures, please check Kate's, Kelsey's, or Rachel's facebook. No flipping way am I posting a picture on here. Rachel made the world a better place by killing it with a squeegee. The silver lining to this disgusting cloud was Sujoy's speculations on which household member would play the role of Miss Muffet ("clearly not Kelsey; she detests milk products" when confronted with the line about curds and wey). 

A few days later, I was taking a shower (surprise!) and I noticed a dark spot on the ground. "That's odd," I wondered. I hadn't noticed it before. It must be a hairball I had dropped; surely it could not be anything else (forbode). I stepped out of a shower and the thought occurred to me that it might be a bug. I mused that of course it would be, as it was three in the morning and I had no one to protect me. As I put on my glasses before I left, I chanted "don't look don't look don't look" and promptly looked. It was a spider with a body the size of a nickel. Of course it would be. This is just too much, I despondently observed and went to bed.

In the morning, I woke up to the sound of my roommates waging war on the beast. Shrieks escalated as the thing made its way into my room. Brenna beat it to death with a broom.