A testament to my love for all living creatures.
I love animals. Everyone knows this. But what most people don’t know is that I kill NOTHING. Well, the occasional mosquito falls victim just because I slap before I think. When I was a teenager my parents house was infested with ants..to this day I am blamed for that..as in “NO, we ARE killing these ants..do you REMEMBER the time we were infested because you didn’t want them killed??” I can’t help it. They work sooo hard. Everything fights to live. I don’t like people who are cruel to animals. I make NO excuses for them. There is NO excuse for them. If you think it is funny to run over cats, squirrels, possums, etc…you suck. I am feeling generous today so I want tell you what I REALLY think of you. I am not a fan of many buggy things. You will however never see me squish anything. I HATE Cicadas..which are suppose to be back this year. Last time they were here I was spending a lot of time at the hospital (as a rep) and two people had to have them removed from their EARS. One got in the car with me and I bailed out and ran around the car like I was being chased by a knife wielding serial killer. Fact.
I digress, so Monday I hear one of my cats KEENING..she sometimes does this so I ignored her. Then Ashlyn jumped down to investigate and didn’t come back..which should have been my first clue..I walked down the hall a few minutes later and see a snail?? in the upstairs of my home??? Bend down to investigate and it jumps at me. A LIZARD. Now I am not afraid of lizards in normal conditions, but in my HOUSE where I did not expect it..I screamed like Freddy Krueger had just exploded out the mattress. Cats ran..PETRIFED lizard ran. My house alarm was on so I couldn’t open the balcony door without scaring the lizard to who knows where..so I grabbed one cat, tucked her under my arm and ran to cut it off. I came back and the other cat has scared the lizard into my office. WORST case scenario because it is hands down the most cluttered space in my home. I find the poor guy and he is on his back. Playing dead?? Don’t know enough about lizards to know..hope he wasn’t fatally wounded. Flipped him over and he ran muuuch slower..but still kicking. I ushered him to safety on the balcony and haven’t seen him since.
So yes friends, I AM an animal/creature lover!
