The Snake Story (From NC)

Okay.  So.  We are on vacation in the Outer Banks, with my sistah Cindy and her hubby Rickey.  Well, turns out Rickey's kinda fond of snakes.  So fond, in fact, that when he found one right outside our door, he decided to put it in a box in their closet for safe-keeping until he could bring it somewhere safe to release it.  (Away from people mostly).

So Rickey decides we should see the snake.  He brings it out.  I FREAK.  I mean, start to hyperventilate, run for my life  walk away quickly, and that kind of thing.  Jacob thinks it's cool, and wants to pet it.  I'm like, have at it! (Rickey knows about snakes and that this was definitely NO danger to anyone).

So Jacob pets it and is all excited.  Doug, at the kitchen sink, says to ME, "I'll buy you ANYTHING you want if you let Rickey put that snake around your neck."

I'm like, "Are you serious??  Anything??"

Doug says, "Anything."

Well, I need a new computer.  Badly.  Up until now, he's put the kibosh on it.  So I was like, "Swear."  And he's like, "I swear." 

Well.  That's all I needed to hear.  I walked over, told Rickey to put it around my neck, but he better not dare let go!  And of course we needed photographic proof, so that SOMEONE can't back out on the deal (plus I did have 2 witnesses....3 including Jacob).

So......drumroll please......

I do NOT know what possessed me to do this.....

Someone said, "SMILE!"  I was like, "I'm going to pass out and you want me to SMILE???"

Like I said, I wanted a new computer reeeeaaalllly bad.  Obviously.  I had to touch the snake, that was part of the deal.  It wasn't even that big of a snake, but it started coiling around my hand and I could feel how strong it was.  It was surprising. 

Afterwards, I FREAKED.  I was hopping and jumping and shaking and flipping out and ran to the sink and scrubbed my hands like 20 times.... My hands were shaking, my heart was pounding....can you say adrenaline?

But I did it.  And it's a good thing too, because yesterday I turned my computer on and the monitor is all messed up. So Thursday I have 2 appointments in Grand Rapids, and then, I'm going computer shopping!