Country Living At It's Best!!

I rarely post stories that don't involve me, or that could be humorous at someone elses expense...but since I did ask permission I am totally blogging this one :)

I will preface with this...my mom is not a country girl. She once lived in (and thoroughly enjoyed living in) Los Angeles. She has never really lived in the country until the last couple years. So last night when she looks out on her front porch and sees a 4 ft. black, (thankfully non-poisonous) snake she freaked out just a little bit (and when I say a little I mean I am pretty sure that hysterics ensued)! She calls my stepdad who is at work 35 mins away and can't leave work, crying and probably screaming a little. When she can't get him she then proceeds to call 911, for a snake on the porch (Mind you, I am not making fun because I totally would have done the same thing). The dispatcher out of the kindness of her heart (and it is a small county without a lot happening) sends out a deputy (probably due to fear that mom might have a heart attack) who happens to be just as afraid of snakes as mom is...(I'm laughing hysterically just writing this). So he comes and is standing at the foot of the porch, while mom is in the house, both of them too afraid to come on the porch (and just in case you've never seen my mom's house the porch runs across and around the house, so we're talking a 4 ft. snake ruling a 50 ft porch). Finally a friend of a friend of a friend (who happens to be a neighbor) comes and tries to help, only succeeding in making the snake mad, at which point it slithers under the porch steps. This, of course, is not the end of the story because with that thing sneaking around the house mom will never walk out the door, so thankfully (and probably due to his own fear of the snake) the deputy finally gets his shotgun and shot it's head off.

Needless to say mom is ready to move back to the city, and I totally agree :)

P.S. Some of my snake, mice, rat and insect stories will follow so that everyone will know that in no way am I making fun of my mom, because I am more scared of creepy, crawly, slithery things then she is!