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Topic: Adrenaline Rush...Yikes!!!

Geneal
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Just wanted to post this.

I know there is nothing one can do to prevent sudden situations that may create

A sudden surge of adrenaline, but yesterday I had a shocking start to my Mother's day.

A couple of days ago, my husband saw the tail of a snake under our travel trailer.

I told him to get the shovel and get at it.

He said he could tell it wasn't a poisonous snake because it didn't act aggressive.

With two small children and 7 dogs, I am not one to take chances.

I don't kill non-poisonous snakes, but the poisonous ones....well, they gotta go!

I noticed yesterday, first thing in the morning, one of my dogs

Suspiciously sniffing a tuft of grass about 75 yards from the trailer.

I put the dogs in (no easy feat), grabbed a shovel and went to investigate.

Sure enough, hidden under the grass was a copperhead.

Right where my children play.

Just thinking about it makes my heart beat faster.

It lunged a few times at me before I was able to pin it down and kill it.

I was shaky, heart racing, etc. Big adrenaline rush.

My Lyme symptoms were greatly increased yesterday following this episode.

I HATE snakes...

Especially poisonous ones.

If my husband hadn't been sleeping (still), I would have sent him out.

Although I am relieved, it sure doesn't take much to upset that fine balance physically.

Now my children call me the snake hunter.

Hugs,

Geneal

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map1131
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What a hero you will be to the kids. Brave momma.

Pam

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"Never, never, never, never, never give up" Winston Churchill

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just don
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I was JUST telling someone else I sure was glad we have no poisionous snakes around here.

Cant imagine having 'copperheads' in your yard!!

Best snake, is a dead snake!! congrads on your hunting ability!!--being--just don--

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just don

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bejoy
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You's da bomb, mom!

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bejoy!

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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wiserforit
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Member # 9732

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Ssssnake Huntah!

Not everyone would have killed the snake; you didn't run.

Isn't it amazing what strange bravery we can summon in the name of protecting our young!

Every traumatic event or "could-of-happened" situation weakens me too. I handle the crisis well and then take days to recover.

You done good, mama!v Nows time to recover!

wiserforit

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Geneal
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 10375

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Thanks everybody...

And thanks so much for the laughs.

I did tell my kids that I am the official snake hunter in this house..

(That is unless I can bribe someone else to do it)

Hugs,

Geneal

Posts: 6250 | From Louisiana | Registered: Oct 2006 | IP: Logged |

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