Heebie Jeebies

I promised a story, so I'll tell one of the first ones there is to tell when we arrived in Bulembu and to our lovely home. It was the first night we were staying in Hyde Park 3 and we were each getting settled before going to bed. It had been a warm day so all of the windows in Chelsea, Ashleigh, and my room were open. My bed was closest to the window and I was just tidying up and talking to my roommates when Chelsea just points up at the ceiling. I saw a black thing on the ceiling when we had gotten back from dinner, but I wrote it off as a crack or blemish on the white. Funny part is...it was right above my bed. Chelsea just looks up and says that looks like a spider. It was long and didn't look like a spider at all, but when you looked closer, it was just spread out. Spread out it was probably 5+ inches long. So pretty much it was the biggest spider any of us had seen!!! Genius Matt comes in and decides to throw his hat at it which made it drop to the ground and start moving. Thankfully, Chelsea was prepared with a pan and lid and after much yelling from Sam to "put the lid on it!" it was finally captured under the lid. They finagled it into the large part of the pan and Matt ran outside with the top on and through it into the bushes. We do have a video of this and I'll try and find it and put it on facebook. It was quite the sight to see!
To say this was an exciting part of the trip is an understatement. I would open my eyes at random times through the first few nights and expect it to be lowering itself onto my face. I definitely had the heebie jeebies for a while. It was the biggest bug we saw while we were there except for the giant grasshoppers which were everywhere and were poisonous to eat. I've attached a picture of one of those.
One thing that has been interesting to readjust to are the mosquitoes! I don't think I saw one while I was in Africa and I already have a bite since being back.
It's weird but I miss the grasshoppers. It's just one part of the country that I've fallen in love with!