snakes.

I am not a snake hater. I mean, I don't love them or want them for pets. I don't really want to touch them or be on a plane full of them, but I don't freak out when I see one. This is a good thing, because in the last month I have seen 8! EIGHT! OCHO! VIII! 7+1! I am pretty sure that this is more than I have seen in my whole life combined! I think that is crazy! It could be because of where I like to spend my time. I am not sure. I actually saw 2 today at Vines Gardens. When I was a little girl, the lady who kept me and my siblings once told me that a snake came up the toilet on her mother while she was going to the bathroom. I do believe I was a "squatter" for a while after that and always very paranoid that a snake would come up the drain and bite my butt, while I was using it. Below there are a few snake pictures.

This is a fake snake. A lovely, funny-spirited co-worker put it in my desk chair, which is where I found it when I pulled my chair out one morning. (this is not included in the 8)

This snake was on a path by my house, where I walk Cali. The path runs down by the river (where I saw another snake in the water the other day)

This snake was in a park I frequently run in. He had no intention of moving and I had no intention of walking close to him and since he was in the center of the path...this was a problem.