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Last Night :: Every Night :: Tomorrow Night
out of mice
2006-12-29
I had been feeding Nrgwenya, my ball python, vegetables, since I didn't have any mice. I exclaimed to Terence, "Look, she's swallowing a carrot!" Terence told me that she'd been doing that. She ate carrot after carrot. They were peeled and washed baby carrots like come in bags, ready to eat. Nrgwenya looked full of carrots, bulging and lumpy. It was morning and Terence pointed out that I hadn't given Nrgwenya any fresh food. I went in to change her food, feeling guilty. She had baby carrots, chopped vegetables of various sorts, and some vegetables in a yogurt sauce that looked like raita. Nrgwenya looked fat and shiny and I was impressed by her improved condition. I was examining her more closely, and saw her eyes had something wrong with them. One was closed, which I thought was weird because snakes don't have eyelids. When she opened her eye, I saw her eyes were two different colors. I was horribly ashamed, figuring this was a result of malnutrition from eating vegetables. I had to get her to the vet and get her a mouse. At my parents' house, my sister and some friends were going to go shopping. I asked if I could go with them because then I could go buy a frozen mouse at the pet store. One of her friends said I could ride with her but then she started getting in my dad's truck, with my sister and her two other friends. There were too many peole in the back seat. I asked if anyone was sitting shotgun and they told me that my dad's friend would be picked up shortly, so there was no room for me. I got upset. I was reading a snake site online. It was extensive and the person who kept it had many snakes. I read about keeping venemous snakes and it had first aid for bites and diagrams of the inside of vipers' mouths. Then I came to a page that claimed one of her snakes was psychic, and could be used to divine things. She included her contact info on the site, offering to give readings, translating what the snake divined. I realized then I'd met her before. When my family had been getting our trailer ready to go to Conifur in front of our house, she'd been there with hers getting ready to go as well. She'd offered us psychic readings. I was with my mom in a public restroom. I told her about the weird coincidence. The stalls in the bathroom were short, with tables at the front. You could see everyone's head and shoulders but nothing lower. My mom and I were in adjacent stalls. We were coloring and had crayons and coloring sheets spread out on the table part of our stalls before us. Just then a woman came in and took the stall next to me. It was the snake fancier/psychic/furry artist. She said hi to us, excited by recognizing us. She didn't know I had just found her site, and I didn't mention it. She saw that we were coloring and asked if she could join in. Without waiting for an answer she was starting to color on pictures my mom had already started. I was somewhat upset by this because they were my mom's pictures and she'd worked hard on them. Then the lady said she'd rather trace it anyway because then it would come out smoother. She traced a picture my mom had already colored (to look iridescent) onto a blank piece of paper. I pulled them over and looked at them. I had ot pee, but was self-conscious trying to take my pants down with that woman there, even though she couldn't see anything. I was wearing long johns and several layers of pants because it was cold out, and it was hard to pull them down.
Last Night :: Every Night :: Tomorrow Night
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