Warning:
This is an extrodinarily l-o-n-g post ... you make want to skip over this one.
I just got a little upcharge rush!
I was about to take my 3 dogs out for last pottie call for the evening. I had already walked the backyard checking to see if anything dangerous was crawling around. Yard floodlights and patio lights were both on plus I had on a headlight and flashlight in hand. All clear for the moment. Things can change quickly and I know this. Best I can do.
Came back in, let Kevie and Jennifer out. Jeffrey has to walk on a leash after dark now. If he sees a coyote in the woods, he takes off after it. Anyway, I got Jeffrey's leash secure, opened the back door thirty seconds behind Kevie and Jennifer's exit, happened to look down and in crawls a snake. My reflexes automagically went into immediate overdrive. Jeffrey's nose was going straight down for it. I kicked Jeffrey's head away with my left foot as I yelled "get back" and at the same time as I was kicking him, I jumped up off the floor and came down on the snake's head with my right foot. Then brought my left foot back over and down to join the grind.
The snake was only a foot long. It is so mashed and torn up, I am unable to identify it. Merrell shoes with hard-core grips will do that.
I was so sleepy just before we went outside. Right now I am sitting in a chair beside the bed attempting to calm this adrenalin rush. All three of them are on the bed asleep.
Proved right tonight. I always thought Jeffrey would react the way he did tonight if he encountered a snake."Stuck that handsome face right down in it." Damn, I was so scared for him. I know Kevie will run the opposite direction ... I have witnessed this. Jennifer would probably back away. I hope she would but I don't really know for certain.
The thing that raced into my mind when I first saw the snake was right now timber rattlesnakes are on the move. It was even mentioned on local news very recently. I already knew before I saw the news article because several friends have killed one in the last three weeks.
I only kill cottonmouths, copperheads, corals, timber rattlers and diamondback rattlers ... whatever ... it was inside my home. I had no time to see if it was venomous or non. And still don't know. I reacted before it had the opportunity to harm Jeffrey or hide.
That incident shook me because of Jeffrey's close encounter.
I need a qualude or five.LOL! Only kidding ... people in recovery don't get to do qualudes. I doubt they even make them anymore. Those were 70s adventures. Our secret!
