It didn't help that a few years ago I encountered a snake at the beach house. Houses on the Outer Banks are built on stilts. During the winter the screens are stored on the upper/second story deck. It was the beginning of summer and I was feeling so motivated that I decided to the put the screens into the windows. I grabbed a screen and would take it into the house, then grab another.
I had about 6 screens to install, and when I grabbed the top screen I saw a black snake coiled up between the screens. OMG. A snake had climbed two stories to rest in the porch. A SNAKE. Have I mentioned my fear of snakes?!!?!?!?!?!
I ran into the house, locked the sliding glass doors (because you know a snake can open a door) and I cried. Hmmm, that really helped the situation. Everyone came home, the snake was swept off the deck, and now I can no longer go onto the porch without looking down.
Fast forward to Saturday Night, I decided to run downstairs to change a load of laundry, and half way down the steps I see a snake. On the carpet. Shaped like an S. All slithery and slimy. I screamed and ran back up the steps and stared.
Thank GOD it didn't move. Here I am alone and there is a snake in my house. In my mind it is python, but in reality it is a 2 ft. garter snake. Regardless, it is a snake.
I called my lawn crew and told him there was a snake in the house. If I had thought for a while I would have remembered that "serpiente" is the Spanish word for Snake. He asked if I had a backup in my pipe and did I need a snake. I must have sounded hysterical - duh - and he came over.
I stood at the top of the steps and watched the snake, fearful that it would move and hide. But it stayed in place (score one for the snake). The lawn crew arrived and when I showed him the snake, he quickly said he HATES snakes. Great. Now there are two of us. But he is the brave one and he took care of the situation. The snake is ummmm gone.
Maybe I have conquered a fear. This snake problem was remedied within 45 minutes. That damn tick is taking so much more time.
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