[Ana]

Yeah.. I've heard that. I try not to think too hard about it ><

I was less than three feet from a black widow spider once *shudders* It was when I was working in preschool. There was big bucket thing that the playground toys went into. I saw there were 3-4 kids (two and a half and younger) gathered around the bucket looking all interested and sticking their hands in. I went over to see what was so interesting... and it was black widow spider in the bucket. I moved the kids away and terminated the spider with extreme prejudice (drowned it in bleach and then squished it with a stick >< ) all very calmly. It was later that I freaked out. There were 2 year olds with their hands in the same bucket as a black widow. I was shaky the rest of the day.