Come 7:00 AM I went for a quick jog. I went several times around our village, appreciating the beauty of some of the neighbor's houses, and partly dreaming of how our house would look like had we owned it. Then I got reminded of how some part of me is still not happy that our landlord doesn't seem to have maintained the house we're renting in. There's so much to improve on. Wait, it's a beautiful morning, shake off the bad vibes and go back to appreciating the neighbor's flowers.
The sun was just beginning to be too bright around 7:30 AM so I went back to the house. It was a beautiful morning indeed. I decided to visit my baby plants first before going back in the house. My heart was still beating faster than normal by this time. I was happily walking to my backyard and what do I see? A DEAD SNAKE! What the f?! My knees shook. It took me a few seconds to realize it was a dead one. Whew.
When we got here in Guam, I attended an orientation for the military spouses newcomers and the representatives from USDA shared the truth about Guam and snakes. That it has been a huge problem before, but has been controlled. They said that for us military families who are here for only around 3 years, almost no one would probably see a snake.
I probably am too lucky then. Been here a year and already saw two snakes. First is the live snake trying to cross the hi-way (which later on became my first ever roadkill), and now this dead one.
I told my Mother in law about the dead snake and apparently here's what happened:
Our new neighbors from across the street are cleaning up their yard, they found two snakes. They killed both snakes and left it in front of their house for trash and debris pick up. Then the kids probably played with it and threw it to our yard! DARN YOU KID! Had I seen that happen, that kid would be reporting to his/her mother - in front of me. Grrr.
Doesn't matter if you live in a clean, peaceful, pretty little village; you still can't choose who your neighbors will be.
2 comments:
what baby plants are you looking after?
gosh, i'd get a heart attack if a see a snake in my backyard (good thing we don't have yard, bwahahaha) even if it's dead :S
Dami ko ng plants! May talong, kamatis, basil, sili, may mga flowering plants din, etc. :)
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