I open my eyes and find myself lying on the blanket in a very uncomfortable position. My laptop is still open, and my phone is on the floor with its screen cracked.
I pick up my phone and slowly slip under the blanket like a lazy caterpillar, and my phone drops again as I wiggle.
I turn my body toward the wall, and there’s a soft brown marmot from the Yosemite Visitor Center. I feel its fur with my face and turn my body back toward the ceiling.
Spacing out, I find a dot on the corner of the ceiling. It is so tiny, I never saw it before although it is right above where I usually place my head.
For some reason I stare at the dot for a while. Then I start seeing some lines around it. The lines are so thin they are almost invisible.
My curiosity defeats my laziness. I get up, stand on the bed, look closely at the corner of the ceiling, and suddenly sit down with horror.
The dot is not on the ceiling; it is in the air. the lines around the dot are not one-dimensional. They are all bent. The dot is a spider hanging from its web.
I silently but quickly get away from the dot and stay scared all day.