ok, so its saturday night and jon and i are settled in to watch a movie. i am laying on the couch and something at the back door catches my eye. at first i thought it was this black cat that has been lurking around the birds nest, now full of babies, that was recently built in the eaves of our addition. then i saw it move, and i said "what is that - a snake?!" (in case you dont know, the only thing that grosses me out more than eyes are snakes!) so we creep over to the door and turn on the light, sure enough there is a snake curled up on the ledge of the glass opening on the door. mind you this is the door on our deck - a full flight of stairs up from the ground level!! so jon runs to put some long pants, shirt and gloves on. in the meantime, the snake sneaks into the hot tub. i am not kidding! i am watching from the safety of my house. so out jon goes with a flashlight and snake garb on. and i hop on the 'puter to check out poisonous snakes of maryland. sidebar - what did we do before the internet? anyway, after much hunting, the snake eluded him. so in he comes. however, he reaked - apparantly the snake musked him. gross!! so he gets cleaned up and peaks out the door and sure enough there it is again. still after those same birdies that the cat has been eyeing, i suspect. so this time jon captured it. i sacrificed one of fins toy bins, with a tight fitting lid and jon wisked it away in his car. i was kind enough to throw his keys out the front door. not sure if i will ask where he deposited the snake - i hope he doesnt bring the toy bin back!
funny, i was just thinking now that we have a house full of kids, saturday nights arent as exciting as they used to be.
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