Our "little friend"

Hi all,

The other evening James and I met a new "little friend". This little friend was about 3 inches long, dark brown, with a curled up tail. We were a bit surprised to find this "little friend" in our dining room in the mid evening (around 8pm). Upon meeting this new "little friend" James promptly scooped him up in a glass and placed him high up on a shelf. While our "little friend" may not be able to get out of his glass (or at least we hope it was a "him" as a "her" would be worse!) we would prefer the kids not play with him. He really didn't see to be very friendly. After meeting this "little friend" and doing a few quick google searches on his background and personal references, we decided perhaps some chemical coercion from the local exterminator would be best in convincing any other "little friends" who may be lurking in the shadows, to perhaps move on to other more hospitable surroundings. Our "little friend" has subsequently been sent to "little friend" heaven as we preferred he not reveal his egress into our house to any other "little friends".

Who was this "little friend" you may ask?

Was he a spider? Nope.

Was he a cockroach? Nope.

Was he a snake? Nope.

He was a SCORPION!!

The exterminator comes at 2pm this Thursday. Or at least I think he will considering the conversation was all in Spanish and from his cell phone. For all I know I gave him directions to the local pub. (!)