r e f i n i n g - t h e - s i l v e r

i've just come home from picking up my sister at the train station after school.
i settle down with my trusty organic textbook to do some problems before that quiz tomorrow when suddenly i hear a muffled scream from from the adjacent room, my sister's. i sigh, immediately, telepathically, knowing the problem.
the scream is followed by several thumps and bangs, another small scream along with some yelps and what sounded like a mew.
i debate in my head whether or not to go help her when, finally, my concentration broken, i get up, grab a kleenex, scoop the poor spider up and flush it down the toilet.
and settle back down to do some more chemistry.

life is eventful.