It's like it's the first time I've ever seen ...

[msmoon]

Beware, for I am: Dorky

...a snake. I just saw a snake in my yard for the first time. Ok, maybe it wasn’t the first time. I mean, I’ve seen what looks like a snake’s body in my other yard before just before seeing it slither off (quite quickly) and thought ‘huh, that was probably a snake’. But today for the first time, I saw a snake in the open and very clearly in my yard.

Ok, so from the top. I was walking Max around the yard a few minutes ago (my cousin’s dog who we dog-sit when they leave town). Anywho, One minute I’m trying to find some shade to walk him in and thinking about the amount of leeches I’ve seen in the grass; the next minute I look up and there’s this little snake underneath my Mom’s grapefruit tree. Of course immediately my stomach clenches and flops, I get short of breath, and my heart does that odd double beat. All signs of a) sheer terror; b) falling in love; c) all of the above. So there’s a good four or five feet between us, right? The dog hasn’t seen the snake (Thank God), and I give it a bit of a wide berth. Now, while we’re casually walking away, I take my time observing said creature. I realize that it’s standing up into a striking position (it must’ve been so scared -.-), but really it’s only about the length of my arm. It’s a dark tawny gold color, lighter on it’s belly with dark rings on it’s back. The whole time I’m observing this snake (and it’s observing me), poor Max is just poking along just trying to find a decent place to pee, and I'm here about to pee all over myself. He’s oblivious and I’m so grateful because the snake probably couldn’t take the stress of a dog lunging at it without retaliating and I couldn’t take the stress of the retaliation and might do something stupid. So, I lead Max away from the snake and we go about our routine, only I’m slightly more vigilant now. We head back inside and I tell Mom as calmly as I can because she has a phobia of snakes and gets freaked at the sight of a rubber one. So she tells me to call my Aunt Doris, right? So I do and I tell her about this snake. She says it’s probably either a king snake or a coral king snake. Of course, me being the American Dunce that I am, have no idea of a distinction. Mom hears the word ‘coral’ and gasps without even listening to the rest. I calm her down and see her off (she has a doctor’s appointment this morning), and then head back inside.

That leads us here, where I rushed onto LJ just so I could post about this before I got too calmed down and forgot everything. Now that the whole thing's happened, I can hear Ethelinda in my head telling me that I really should know more about snakes. Now's a great time to broaden my knowledge beyond those pathetic Wildlife Fact File binders of mine and really find out about the reptile/amphibian/bird/insect world. Of course I see through her ploy.

Now that I’m here though, I was watching the History channel this morning (something I actually enjoy doing, mind you), and what was on but a special about Stalin. Of course the minute I read that I heard Tom’s voice say, “I’ve always liked Stalin. Any leader who changes his name from Jughashvili to Man of Steel has my vote...so to speak.” Of course, I had no idea who Stalin even was. I tell you, I love my country, but I hate our education system. Our history comes first when we teach, other countries come later and we only give out the history we want to give out. If it didn’t happen here then it’s not important -.- But I got overly board hearing American history over and over as a child and totally lost interest. Makes it hard for a kid to actually seek out information. I do like the History channel if only because it comes off rather unbiased about history. It shows the good and bad and we’re left with what’s in between and the ability to decide on their own. I bet they sell DVDs...that might be something to look into later.

Well, I need another cup of coffee (keying myself up after my snake incident...strange no?) Talk at ya’ll later, Mina.

 

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MM

PS: Ethelinda© MM 2000, btw -.-