b4 church yesterday

May. 28, 2007 - At my house before church yesterday ...A slightly girly, panicked scream came from our downstairs bathroom ... it was me. AJ was already headed downstairs, Randy was upstairs in the shower ... I was trying to get to a hairdryer SOMEWHERE in our house(my newly cut hair won't take not being dried) ... when I spotted something on the mat in front of the shower. It appeared to be one of those cords that you put on your glasses to hold them on your head. As I walked over to toward the shower, I realized .......That thing has a head! Mom screams, "It's a snake, it's a snake ... get Daddy!" AJ takes my arm and says, "Mom, step out of the room. STEP OUT OF THE ROOM! Can you breathe? " Try to insert the sounds of an 11 year old who is concerned but also amused by his mother ... it resembled a snicker. A golf ball is rolled to assure it's dead ...IT IS NOT DEAD! Dad comes down after hearing the screaming. Picks up the snake by the tail (only about 8 inches long) ... it winds up and tries to bite him(so I'm told, I went to get something to KILL IT and came back with a ... spatula) ... more snickers from son and husband ... snake ends up being released out the back door ... Husband notes the trials of country living and tries to assure me that everything is fine. I declare my want to move to a condo in the city!son is still snickering ... I hate snakes.