Eek, a snake!

The journey of bringing our dream home to life is now underway. We are feeling good about the purchase, and good about the journey so far even with its twists and turns even though the final vision is still a little fuzzy….. Literally because the house is completely hidden by trees. Trees that are causing drainage issues, dead trees, bushes, roots, leaves – oh my.  You name it we’ve got it.   They had to go…all 17 of them. 

Now you can see the house and the house can actually get some sunshine! Added bonus! You also no longer feel like you’re walking through Shrek’s swamp getting to the front door. 

Mission accomplished… not without some unintended consequences – yea…. Stay ready for this one… 

I was standing in the garage admiring the scenery all around me and what did I see out of the corner of my eye – no doubt looking for its favorite tree or bush? A SNAKE. First it was spiders, NOW A SNAKE! I did a double take to make sure that was seeing what I thought I was seeing and I’ll be darn – along the top of the iron fence there it was. Sigh… A  SNAKE (I’ll bet you are wondering why the word “SNAKE” is capitalized – simple… because it’s a SNAKE. I am terribly afraid of SNAKES.   I did the only logical thing I could do.  I turned around and hightailed it out of there and ran back into the house. 

Once I made it inside I thanked God and breathed a sigh of relief (long exhale)….but something still felt “off”. Alarm bells were ringing at full volume in my head and it dawned on me that I FORGOT TO CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR- WHO DOES THAT?!?!   Back in full panic mode I ran back to the garage and closed the door as quickly as possible. Okay, NOW I could finally breathe that sigh of relief. All was well.  So I thought… 

45 minutes later all settled down from my near-death experience I was back to work. But what was that sound? Is that the sound of faint alarm bells I hear ringing inside my head from a distance? Was there something I forgot? DID THE SNAKE COME INTO THE GARAGE WHILE THE DOOR WAS OPEN??? Now that that thought was in my head, I couldn’t quiet the alarm bells no matter how hard I tried and reluctantly, very reluctantly I walked back to the garage to take a look. A dark look because of course the lights in the garage were dead. Alright, fine, I’m all in at this point so to the laundry room I go to grab a couple of replacement bulbs.  

While rummaging through the box of lights, out of the corner of my eye I saw something move It was slowly moving (kinda like a slow motion movie – real slowwww)  but it was moving….back and forth. Slithering like.  Oh my God!!  Oh my GOD the SNAKE was IN THE HOUSE. At this point I can only assume I lost consciousness because the next thing I remember I was 10 feet outside of the laundry room with bruises on my shoulder. WOW. That just happened people. 

After dialing around like my life depended on it, three heroes and one she-ro finally came to help me evict the snake. After a lot of back-and-forth discussion, consensus was the most likely entry point for the slithering intruder was the open dryer vent. My hero – who can now only be described as a snake charmer finally helped to escort our uninvited guest back outside where they could enjoy all the benefits that nature has to offer. The battle was not an easy one, but finally it was over. The rule at Chateau Wiley is no free rent (unless we get a dog or two – they can stay for free) 😉 

Only time will tell what obstacle we will face next, but I’m STAYING READY. 

The aftermath…. 

#Grateful for being carried to safety

A photo of the aftermath: