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| It was 9:30 last night. Little Caleb woke me up because he was crying. As I lay in bed thinking about what I was going to do with him, I felt a sharp pain on my leg. A bee, I thought, a bee has gotten in my bed! I reached my hand down to feel it and I felt another sharp pain on my hand. This time it was even more painful!! I remembered mom saying that a scorpion sting is like being porked by a needle, and hurts worse than a bee sting! I had already gotten stung by a bee earlier this month and this was much worse! I checked my sheets for the culprit, and found nothing. Caleb was still crying, so I jumped down off my bunk bed and went to see what he needed. Mom was with him, so I just went to the bathroom, and then was going back to bed. When I entered the bathroom I felt this thing moving in my shirt!! I shook it and out dropped this scorpion! I screamed & bolted from the bathroom! Dad heard my screams and was already out of his room. "A scorpion!" I said, "a scorpion stung me!!" Jeremy had also heard my screams and came out of his room. Together, Dad and Jeremy went into the bathroom, armed with a flashlight, and killed the terrible beast! I sat in the living room shaking with fear and disbelief, I thought of Kim who always had scorpions in her bed and got stung several times. I wondered if there were any more in my bed... I didn't want to go back to bed, but since it was only 9:30, I knew I had to. Mom and I checked the bed and room thoroughly and then we prayed. I stayed awake for awhile, but finally fell asleep. Josh & Jason never woke up the whole night. I couldn't wait for morning to come, so I could get out of bed. I got up as soon as the sun came up over the mountain. I can't believe that I've been here for almost 6 months and seen so many scorpions, but now there was one in my bed! I will be checking my room more carefully for crawling creatures every night! I can empathize with Kim and all she went through years ago. We both don't like crawling creatures, but they seem to like us!! I'm thankful Caleb woke me up, or it could have been much worse :-( |
Scary! I've been stung twice by a scorpion...not fun!
ReplyDeleteSorry you had to get stung my one. I'm sure that would be no fun!:(
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry Jo... That is no fun at all. :(
ReplyDeleteWow, that's awful!
ReplyDeleteWow! Sorry to hear that you were bitten. We saw scorpions eating roaches one night when we were there. Glad you're ok!
ReplyDeleteWow, that must have hurt! You did a good job of desrcibing the scenario.:)
ReplyDeleteSorry. Check your bed every night even the foot of the bed. That is where they like to hide out. I still check here often but have not found any in our bed yet. Just in our room on the walls or in the living room on the floor. Have not been stung in a while thankfully. I think the Fl are not as sting happy.
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