pleeeeeease, mamma?

she reminds me of our cats, gazing out the back door-longing to be outside, but THIS is the kind of thing that is outside...i.e. the reason why she CAN'T go out (unless we're with her, of course).
this is a for-real texas-sized spider. i was actually too freaked out to kill it, so my friend julie did-she started screaming when she sprayed it cuz hundreds of baby spiders went every which way, crawling off the mom-spider's back! NASTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you click on the spider picture, you can tell there were baby spiders on its back. SO GROSS!