While I am sure the title of this post explains everything I
think I should maybe give you some more detail. This weekend we were down at my
grandparent’s house in good ol’ Waco, Texas. Now in case you have not had the
privilege of living or visiting the country it is a wild and vivacious place
filled with tiny ponies, llamas, grasshoppers, rusty tractors and of course
your run of the mill snakes, rats and spiders. (oh my). You should visit
sometime. Tis delightful.
Anywho, we were working hard to clean out some unnecessary
things and select some items to keep out in my grandad’s HUGE aluminum shed. We’re
talking able to hold a full size boat at one time humongous. So my mother, father and I are working up a
sweat and decide to break for dinner. (holla mcalisters) Upon our return we began
loading our UHAUL once again aka my dad and I lifting everything and my mother
overseeing the operation. Suddenly she shrieks “_________”insert word of your
choice. Keepin' it G peeps “That’s a snake!” Needless to say it took a whole
0.0001 seconds for me to hightail it out of there. Now it may or may not be
public knowledge that I am terrified of snakes. I always say there is a reason
Satan was a snake in the Garden of Eden and not a bunny. Out of fear I ran to
my car jumped out of my tennis shoes and slung on my cowgirl boots. Let me
paint this picture, imagine this: hot pink aggie tank, black stretchy capris,
and brown cowgirl boots with a garden hoe, I don’t know if frolicking is the
appropriate word, perhaps terrified hopping? Around while both of my older and wiser
parents armed themselves likewise with pitchforks and shovels. Remember people,
country, aluminum shed, demon snake.
We eventually decide to stop loading, set off a roach and
flea smoke bomb to agitate the little devil out and call it a night. Silently I
was praying “ok Jesus, I need you to take care of this, mmk?” Because another
meeting with a snake might send me back to the pant wetting days of yore. But
alas, our evening was not over. We continued packing inside the house and during one of our trips
out to the garage for a rag or box my dad opens the door and all I hear is “SNAKE!”
I KID YOU NOT, I have spent some substantial time down at that house and NEVER
have I seen so much as a snake skin and in the span of 1.5 hrs we saw two! Well
we Crosby’s soldier on and we have to go out to the garage to turn on the hot
water heater because mama don’t handle a cold shower. Have you ever seen the
Parent Trap? The part where the girls show Vicki how to ward off mountain
lions? Beating two sticks, Clap. Clap. Clap. Clap. That was me, in the garage
while my dad figured out our hot water. Haha Hilarity.
But I must tell you, Jesus did indeed take care of me. When
unloading the UHAUL back in Dallas, we never did find mister snake. God does
calm our fears, sometimes no matter how frivolous it might seem. Somebody wants
to say Hallelujah.
You have just witnessed/survived your first “Courtney story”.
Congratulations.
* Due to the severe nature of my state of mind no pictures will be featured in this post. Because one of two reasons, 1) I was too scared to photograph 2) My actions under fear/ snake attire should not be documented for repeated viewing. *
