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The Spider in the Urinal

Monday at work.

I had to go to the bathroom, so I walked over to the men’s room on the 3rd floor.

I walked up to the urinal, unzipped, and started to do my business at the urinal.

I looked down, and saw that a spider was in the urinal, avoiding my pee, but when I stepped away, the spider got caught in the auto flush and disappeared under the splash guard.

Sorry for killing you, spider, I thought to myself.

After zipping up, I walked over to the sink to wash my hands, dried them, left the bathroom and went about my way.

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Later, my old man bladder had me up and going to the bathroom again.

I walked to the bathroom, went to the same urinal, unzipped and began to do my business again.

This time, however, I saw that I had actually hit the spider with my pee!  Oh no, I thought to myself.

The auto flush again took him under the splash guard, and I was sure that he was dead this time.

Again I zipped up, washed my hands, dried them, and walked out of the bathroom to continue my work day.

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Before leaving for the day I went to the bathroom for a third time, only this time I checked the urinal before doing my business.

Sure enough, the spider was still there.

I figured he had had enough, so I grabbed some paper towels, folded them over and poked at the spider with it, and it grabbed the towels!

I quickly brought him over to the trash bin and tossed the towels and the spider inside.

Be free little guy, I thought to myself, you’ve endured enough today!

I then relieved myself as I had earlier in the day.

I left work feeling good that I rescued a spider.

I hope he’s still out there, thriving.

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Fridge Purge

Today I dumped cans and bottles of various drinks and liquids, a majority of them were way past their expiration date.  Or they were things that I don’t drink, like coconut water.

The fridge is VERY empty.

After I use up the bottled water, it’ll be even emptier.

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Bag Update

This morning I used the new bag that I picked up.  It was lightly packed, and hung about where I used to have the other messenger bags, at waist level.

OW MY BACK.

I thought that I had made a huge mistake with using a cross body bag again, but when I got of the bus, I made a point to stand and walk with better posture, which actually helped. Still hurt, though, but not as bad. 

I guess the bag had changed my posture for the worse over the years, and my body automatically shifted to that bad posture and matching gait.

Once I got to the office, I googled “messenger bag back pain and was surprised at the number of results.  The common theme was that it does cause back pain over time, especially after age 40.

Yikes.

There were also a few suggestions to alleviate the pain, including shortening the strap.

Okay.

I moved the bag to ride higher above my waist and hip, and surprisingly, it appears to have worked. I had no discomfort at all on the way home.

Day two tomorrow.