yet another wildlife sighting

ok so apparently i have a knack for spotting local wildlife...i just wish this time i hadnt. so last night i came home and was walking towards the front door of my apartment complex when i spotted the largest gardner snake i think ive ever seen! (in hindsight im starting to wonder if maybe it wasnt a pet that got loose...) anyhoo it was sitting on the sidewalk and then scooted away when i came stomping (i litterally stomped to try to get it to move) but when it moved away it jumped into the bushes and CLIMBED the shrub! i never really had a problem with snakes but it was a bit much watching that thing slither up the branches! BLEAH! it had to have been a good 16 inches or longer...i just hope it stays outside! :(

on a better note the temperature has settled back down...this of course only AFTER my AC got fixed but hey im ok with that cause i prefer to have cool weather during the month of october! oh and if anyone's counting there are eleven more days til Jon Shirley's cd release and twenty three more days until the fall back retreat! whoo hoo!