Aahhh!

I'm freaking out! The UPS guy just made a delivery here and when I opened the door he warned me that as he was walking up he saw a snake slither under our front stoop. I am not scared of much in the way of animals, but snakes sort of terrify me. I was so flustered that all I asked was how big it was..... he estimated 3 feet long! Eeeewww!!!

Now I wish I would have asked what color it was, how wide it was, etc, but I didn't. I doubt it's still under our steps. I have a feeling it was either A) just passing through or B) living in the next door neighbor's little "garden." I put that in parenthesis because her little pad is really just an overgrown nightmare which I despise because we live in a town home, so her portion of yard runs right up to my front door. A perfect hiding place for little (or big) critters.

I've got a serious case of the heeby jeebies. I realize that some snakes are good because they eat mice and other pests, but nonetheless, I don't want it living outside my front door. We live in the city... I didn't think I had to deal with that kind of "wildlife" here. Now I'm going to have to do a running leap every time I go in the front door.