Bedtime Spider Shenanigans 
I love spiders but…
I don’t want to look up from my bed and see one (of reasonable size and a species I don’t know that I am not used to seeing) watching me a inches above my face (and pillow) as I am winding down for the night in bed.
Why Buddy??? 🥺
We normally leave spiders inside… but I have a rule against spiders in the bed.
David normally does “spider duty” but isn’t here at the moment of the in bed spider sighting…
Can not wait for backup …. As the spider could end up lost in the bed, blankets, pillows, and stuffed animals.
Did NOT want this strange spider (not one of our regulars) to come back to “his hunting spot” above my face while we sleep…
“I can do this!”
I grab a box.
Lucky this spider was very calm, probably wondering why I was making so much fuss…
I talked to it, letting it know I was just going to take it outside where it could find something to eat… begging it not to jump on me.
It agreed, and peacefully took me up on my offer for a relocation.
Took it outside with a cardboard box… it calmy walked onto the box with no objections, very slowly…
Victory!!! I did it!
Not sure what i would have done had th spider refused my offer.
That was exciting …but now I’m awake. lol 😆
How was your evening?
I'm pretty much the same way. My rule with spiders is a little more firm. I used to walk through my house and garden and say to the spiders: Not in or on the house. Not in or on the cars. But I would always stop to admire their webs on the plantings, even on the old garage we used for storage.
They were so cooperative that it was a very rare sighting to see them or any trace of them indoors or anywhere that I had banned them.
Still, felt like Miss Muffet sitting on her Tuffet and let out a yell when one rappelled down suddenly from the ceiling mere inches from my face while I was sitting on the porcelain throne!
Unable to run, my plea for help was answered by my sweetie quite promptly the first time it happened.
Over the years, he never happened to be home again when that happened, maybe once every couple of years. So I had to negotiate with the spider, explaining calmly that if they left and stayed out of sight, they could go about their business. I know that they are amazing at killing less welcome insects, and they are good for the house, so I was willing to negotiate if they had already been brave enough to ignore the first energy boundary.
But I let them know that hanging out or repeat appearances would lead to relocation, and rushing at me would lead to an untimely end.
When we stopped owning and started renting I was already too allergic to spend much time outdoors, so I had barely any connection to the minimal landscaping. And I had to beg my partner to transport them outside, my policy for almost all bugs.
He would when he wasn't tired or it wasn't hot, cold, rainy, snowy, or just night. So I eventually let him kill most of the time and now sometimes just kill then myself. But I still try to save the spiders.
I had a similar energetic relationship with the Canadian Geese. We lived on an old canal, and there was a trail along the edge. The Canadian Geese had several favorite gathering spots where they blocked the walkers and bikers from easy passage on the trail...
I would simply announce in my head that I was Coming Through and they parted like butter. I almost never had to even slow down. It took me years to really understand that people are frightened of them. They rarely hissed unless they were protecting a nest in Spring. And almost only if I was walking.
I gave them a pass if they were protecting a nest. That's an important job. But other times I often talked back, and they quietened down. I think once I just hissed back and the goose took off!
I'm long out of practice, but I moved away from our bit of nature so I rarely see much wildlife.
Hope you're sleeping sound by now. I'm fading fast.
Take care, and kudos on taking self protective measures.
I had to rescue a spider from the bathtub one morning. I found myself trying to explain a ladder to her. Lol. I put toilet paper on the corner of the tub so she could get traction to climb out. She wasn't getting it. Lol. I ended up getting a cup for her to crawl into.