Oh man… where were we? Oh yeah! The second child was about to graduate high school!
Done.
Moving right along…
NO! I am much too much of a proud mom to let it go like that. No, I want you all to experience ALL the glee and joy I did as my darling daughter told us that there was a chance she may not get to graduate due to too many absences.
I stared at her with a thousand questions going through my head. “How many do you have? How many are OK? Did you play hooky? How many times did you play hooky? How did you make good grades while missing all this school? Where did you go while playing hooky? WHO WERE YOU WITH, PLAYING HOOKY? DID YOU COMMIT ANY CRIMES WHILE PLAYING HOOKY? ARE THE COPS OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW? YOU’RE EIGHTEEN NOW, SO THAT MEANS YOU GO TO JAIL…. NOT ME, RIGHT? heh. Not really.
But I can kinda understand other parents thinking that. We really were blessed with very good kids and very well behaved ones as well. They’re a tad lazy and self-centered, (teenagers), but they ARE good. (Thank you, God.)

There she is! On the right side of the stage snatching the sheepskin with one hand and shaking hands with the other.
Oh dear God, please let us see it through and grow them completely up to be “real” adults, where they can take care of themselves and be contributing citizens of Texas, and the United States.
OK, just this household?
Amen
Anyway, OVER. The whole entire high school thing is done with. It’s really weird to think, but you know what’s weirder? I’ll tell you.
You knew I would.
I always swore I would NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, have a snake in my house. Voluntarily. The girl child named Keelan decided she would graduate and spend a bit of her money on a “ball python“. And, *sigh*, this was OKed by her father and I.
I must admit that I do indeed like her new reptile and she is a “nice snake”. She’s fun to hold and young and curious. And, come to find out, not the least bit creepy feeling. Very soft. She has teeny, tiny scales and this is why she is soft, Keelan says.
Yes, that is me with her crawling in and out of my shirt. Like I said, curious. She eventually went to sleep, I guess, (They, apparently, don’t close their eyes, and yes, that’s a bit creepy.), Anyway she got very still and balled up against my skin, (Where it was warm?), and… slept.

Kessa and Pop. She grabbed his hat and put it on... it was backwards, but I don't think she cared. 🙂
As anyone would guess the proud grandparents have come down for the graduation and the discussion of snakes ensued. Mither brought to mind a snake story from years ago.
The girls and I had been visiting with Mither and Pop for a few days when they lived in Trinity, Texas and we had gone to a plant nursery. Mither and I had purchased some bedding plants and while we were there, we planted the ones we had gotten for her.
Then we were packing up her car to go back to my house. Mither picked up a tray of the bedding plants I had bought and plopped it down in the back of her car. A startled snake slithered out and went in between the seats.
Crap.
Now what? Well, a neighbor came over to do some damsels-in-distress work only he couldn’t figure out how to get the seats out and neither could we. Mither called Pop, who wasn’t home and asked him how to do it and he told her. Thank you, God. Amen.
The neighbor took out the seats and we had already carefully removed all the luggage and whatnot. Somehow, he got the snake out. I don’t remember how, I don’t remember what kind it was, I don’t remember how long it took, I don’t remember if it came willingly or not. A traumatic experience, my brain won’t let me recollect? Probably. 😉
9 comments
Comment by Ree on June 8, 2009 at 9:30 am
Those girls are beautiful (like their mama and gramma).
I’ve never been afraid of snakes, but somehow, I don’t think I’ll ever get one. How big does a Ball Python get anyway?
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Comment by Kori on June 8, 2009 at 9:44 am
Gah! Goosebumps, shudders, the whole bit. I don’t mind looking at snakes, have even touched one a time or two (and they ARE soft, amazingly so) but to let one crawl in my shirt? And sleep? You are a far braver woman than I. And congratulations to the girl on graduating! She is beautiful.
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Comment by minnet on June 8, 2009 at 6:59 pm
The pictures are all wonderful, I love them… They are super good..
Good grief, I had already read your blog when you mom told me too.. I had not responded, because frankly my dear, I have nothing to say about a snake that is nice, and you know me, I am very nice.. I can talk to you about other pets, I like pets a lot, and have several cats, I bet you did not know that, and a couple of dogs, and some tiny little white bugs on my plants in my flower beds.. I am not sure what they are, they make some little cotton stuff.. I think they might be mealy bugs, but not sure, but I have to call and find out tomorrow what I should do about them.. If I can figure out what they are..
I love my pepitas, and am enjoying them a lot.. Nope I did not put chili pepper on them, I just eat them and eat them and eat them..
Ok this is all I am going to say today..
Love Love
Comment by witchypoo on June 8, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Somehow I never took you for a snake woman. Wasn’t the incident in the car enough for you?
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Comment by big hair envy on June 9, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Congratulations, Keelan! I hope you won’t grow up and use bad judgement like your mother did when SHE TOLD YOU THAT IT WOULD BE ALRIGHT TO HAVE A SNAKE IN THE HOUSE!!!! GAH!!!
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Comment by Nan on June 9, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Lucky you. We never did find the snake that got away in MY car.
http://thingsivefoundinpockets.blogspot.com/2007/09/snakes-in-car.html
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Comment by Noe Noe Girl on June 10, 2009 at 9:58 am
Beautiful girls!
But that snake…oh HELL no!
Comment by Annette Stephens on June 14, 2009 at 8:45 am
Okay, I can’t stand this anymore. Do you know that Ball Pythons can get 20-30 feet in length? I know because my son brought one home when he was going through his “reptile” phase as a teenager. Not that they are not cute and nice and warm….hmmm…but they eat rabbits and little dogs, etc. They can stretch from one end of the living room to the other….are you sure you want that kind of thing to welcome visitors? Anyway, I had a boa constrictor while in college, and they are great to drag out when you have a bad date….you would be amazed about how many guys are deathly afraid of snakes….so use it as protection, if nothing else….just don’t panic if he gets lose….it is a male, right? I would hate to think you might actually have little baby balls slithering around….I will keep you all in my prayers! haha..
Comment by Gunnar Optiks Glasses on November 24, 2009 at 2:34 am
Liked the post keep them coming
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