I'm a survivor!!

Hello my lovely Pinkettes. I am SO glad that I am here to write a new entry after my experience in the garden today. It was horrifying. I almost died. I was freaking terrified and my life flashed before my eyes..... it was short. I cannot even look at my pretty flowers without reliving the near death experience. So, I bet you are wondering what happened...

It is very difficult for me to write about this as it brings that moment back to mind and is as clear as when it happened. Let's go back to the beginning. Today, my mom and I decided to work in my garden and plant my wondrously beautiful flowers. I set up a little flower pot station in the back yard with all my tools around me and arranged my creations perfectly. I sat on my bucket to begin the fun process of planting and was having a grand old time. I love this time of year because it isn't too hot to do yard work and everything smells so fresh! But back to my story. I was hard at work, minding my own business when I ran out of potting soil. I was making my way toward the garage where the extra soil was.... when IT happened..... I was a step away from the garage when I looked down.... and there it was. A big, no, not big. GIGANTIC, UGLY, LONG, RAPIDLY MOVING snake!!! But before you brush me off and call me a drama queen (cuz yes, I will be the first to admit that when it comes to drama queens, I am the queeny-est!!), you should have seen that thing!! It was all slithery and kinda looked like a fake snake. But it was most certainly NOT a fake snake. It slithered right in front of me (practically over my feet!!). Needless to say I jumped back about 10 feet and proceeded to scream like the little girl I am. No seriously. I screamed. LOUDLY. And my neighbor was out. He probably thinks I'm insane now. Oh well. And all my mom did was laugh. Thanks for nothing mom. It was like something out of a cartoon. I jumped 100 feet and screamed and, lets be honest, almost cried. It was terrifying. I thought it was going to eat me. And I think I heard him mumble something antisemitic as he slithered away. I am afraid he is going to come back, slither up the side of my house, shimmy open my window, slither over to my bed and EAT ME!!! It IS possible people!! Watch Dateline! That shit can happen!!

Plus he looked like he was ready to strike and drain all my blood. Not unlike this:

SICK!!!!!

So obviously I am able to look back and laugh about it now, but at that moment in time I was fearful for my life. I am deathly afraid of snakes (me and Zak Bagans have that in common!!). I am just glad I didn't pee my pants, and if you have read my other blogs you know that was a high probability!! So that was my near death experience for the day! I was soon recovering with some retail therapy at DSW and Michael's where I got some awesome stuff! Two pairs of sandals and some new painting gear! OH! And a new Gone With the Wind poster!!! Best way to spend my new found zest for life! ;-)

As always, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it! Hopefully now that I have less school work to do, I will be able to write more entries!! My goal is AT LEAST one per week!! Thanks!!