The Jumping Spider

Last night one of the cats noticed a spider climbing up the wall in the bedroom. I watched it carefully, and nudged Kevin in alarm. The spider was small enough, but it had potential to grow large; it needed to die. Kevin knew he needed to take care of it. However he was reading the users manual to his new camera so was in no hurry. So for the next 15 minutes I watched the spider, which stayed in one spot & didnt move an inch. Finally Kevin got up to kill the spider... But it was at that point the spider decided to leap from his spot on the wall and attempt a divebomb for the floor. A jumping spider. This did not please me, and Kevin insisted it was still on the floor & he was going to smash it. Instead it ran away, under the bed. So. We have a loose spider in the bedroom. Lesson? Just kill the damn spider right away.