http://media.photobucket.com/image/scorpion/amskater87/scorpion.jpg?o=144
(I had a couple of pictures of my scorpion, but I don't know where they are right now, so until I find them, this one gets to stand in for it.)
A couple of months ago while I was at work in Blue River, I had quite the experience. I sat on the toilet and looked at the oil heater (the old kind is part of the house but sits kind of off the wall, radiator maybe?) and found myself staring down a scorpion. Actually, not really staring it down, he was sort of sitting on the edge towards the door, but that doesn't sound nearly as exciting, now, does it? I got up and found a container to flick him into with the lid of the container... I missed him altogether the first flick and he just sat there, not moving... Second time was a success but he just plopped into the container, at first glance, still not moving.. I thought maybe he was dead, but upon closer prodding, found that he was actually alive... I put the lid on and called my husband to completely freak out, or at least ask him to get online to do some research for me... I didn't know that scorpions lived in these areas.. Sure, we have some warm weather, but mostly it is pretty cold for scorpion standards... Sure enough, there are a few types that can survive and do live around here, but they are not a super common site, and certainly not in bathrooms... I did, however, find an ad for an exterminator of scorpions...It made it sound like some people really have a problem with them, much like cockroaches... I decided to take the scorpion home to show the kids... After that, I thought maybe I would take it back to work and let it go... After I showed the kids, I got to thinking.. This scorpion and I had kind of an intimate moment there in the bathroom, maybe it means I should keep him... So, keep him, I did...
About a week ago, he hid under some paper I put in his aquarium (although without fish and used for something like a scorpion, I think it is called something else) and he was still alive but not eating... And in a couple of days after that, when I checked on him, he had died... I found myself pretty sad over that.. I try not to value one life over another, but one could still say that he was just a scorpion for heavens sake... It was kind of cool having a scorpion and he was actually a really pretty one as far as scorpions go.. He never got very big, probably would have fit on a dime, nickel for sure.. I think the cold weather did get to him as our house is pretty cold..
Anyways, may you RIP un-named scorpion from Blue River... Someone here will think, well, of you often so that you will not be forgotten!
