just about to turn off my tv to go to sleep , felt down the bed for the remote control and felt a spider!!! aaagggghhhhh it was huge. I panicked, hit it, thought it was dead, tried to pick it up in a tissue, but froze, went and got a lidded cup to put it in, on returning it had gone!!! after dismantling the bedroom for an hour and a half I eventually caught it and after securing the lid I put it on the landing till my PA arrives in the morning. I still am shaking, ok it was not a killer spider but it was a good 5 inches across counting the legs!
I know it is silly of me to fear spiders, but no matter how i try to tell myself they are not harmful, all gods creatures blaa blaa blaa I can not stop the fear reflex whenever i see one in my home! I wish i could just turn over and ignore them, life would be much easier!
I am wide awake now, know it will take over an hour to calm down to sleep, and to top it all my PA will be arriving in 6 hours to help bathe me!