Ok so I know this is the one some of you have been waiting for... the attack of the snake......
So this morning started out super early.... 7am to be exact. Chris was leaving me. I hit the snooze button but he knew to come wake my butt up. So I got up. I went down stairs to the chairs and everyone was up to say our good byes. A lot of people were leaving. Stef and Matt, Dark haired Erin, Will, Cherise, Tauren, soo.... I only stayed up to say goodbye to Chris- he was the first to go. It was awful... we took pics, we hugged, we cried, he even made the taylor swift heart symbol with his hands as his taxi was pulling away. Everyone else then went down stairs for breaky. I started the fruit cleanse today and went down with them but only got a guanabana smoothie. I chatted with everyone and then went back to hit the hay. I passed out hard.
So then when I woke up Laura, Lorrien and I went to Cobano to the ATM because the one in town wasn't working. It was basically out of money. We walked into town and then got a taxi at El Sano Banano. Franciso our driver was a gem. He took us to the bank and told us manana complianeous -i.e. it's his birthday tomorrow. We went to the bank and then decided to go to the mega super. Which is the supermarket in town. It was way bigger than ours back in Montezuma. I got fruit juice for my cleanse while Laura and Lorrien got real food.
So we went back to the hotel. At the hotel I started to watch "The Holiday" on my laptop. I then decided I was starving beyond belief so I went down and got fruit salad for lunch with another guanabana smoothie. I read some more of my book and I'm almost done. I came back up stairs and was still exhausted so I passed out again. I set my alarm for about 6 and woke up. I came out and hung out on the veranda with Raquel, Erin and Laura. We were just chilling and chatting and having a dandy time.
Just dandy....
So Erin and Laura went to shower and Raquel and I were just chatting. I went inside and got my manicure kit because I always have to have pristine hands. She's a vet and so we were talking about animals and her little bulldog Esme and my baby Roxy. So we're just sitting there enjoying the most beautiful weather and hanging out when.... not 5 feet away on the railing we see this black long curl just unravel to the ground. It looked to me like a monkey tail. It was thick and just fell very very quickly with a tiny but noticeable swooping thud. I looked at Raquel who then went "OMG" and jumped up to her room. I very quickly realized it wasn't a monkey tail and Jumped as fast as I possibly could screaming, and crying and hyperventilating to the furthest point I could get too. I was trying not to be obnoxious and scream but was screaming "OMG, OMG , OMFG, OMG OMG" My manicure kit had been in my lap and I had a huge baggy tee shirt on so I had swooped it up in my shirt in the hubbuffle with out even thinking twice. I stayed in the corner and Erin and Laura rushed out of their rooms. Erin in a towel and Laura in a tee shirt. Two girls from the room next to the corner where I was hovering in fear came out to see what all the commotion was about. The hotel owners and their nephew also joined us. Everyone ran and got their camera's while I was whimpering and crying in the corner trying to remember to breath. Don, the owner of the hotel went and got a mop but with out the mop pad. He laid the stick where the snake was. If he had have pushed it off the railing it would have fallen into the school's office and may not have been found.
Crazy girl was like it's nature leave it, we're in it's natural habitat - meanwhile Laura and I were get it the F* out! The Owner's wife Dona was also very afraid. New girl continued with "Oh it's a Boa BLAH BLAH BLAH". Laura was like "Um Raquel is a vet... I think she would know." and Raquel clearly stated that it was a Python. Then obnoxious girl was like "Oh if you're a vet can't you just carry it out." I'm not medical genius in fact- it's very obvious from time to time that I'm a natural blonde but HELLO even I know you don't carry a wild snake not matter what kind it is. DUH ... So Raquel said to our new found genius.. "well just because it's not poisonous doesn't mean it doesn't bite- AND on top of that... if it has bitten a rat recently it could pass the diseases from the rat on to me and infect me... so thank you for your input but OBviously I won't pick it up." I was like GO Raquel... actually I'm saying that now... because I was still crying in the corner.
SO the snake wrapped around the mop and Don carried it out. This is my first encounter with a wild snake. I have seen pet snakes and pictures and whatever... but you don't expect to see one 5 feet out from your room. Just popping in to say hello- HELL NO. Not allowed. Once the snake was gone and I somewhat started breathing again... the girls came to comfort me. I was cursing my mother for packing me the most intense pharmacy kit EVER>>. however she forgot xanax. (Just kidding mom I'm not really mad but I could SERIOUSLY use some.) Then I just figured Oh well everyone in America is addicted so someone here has to have some... but nada. Not a single person. I was sooo uptight that I was about ready to go find a local to get some weed off of. I then started breathing and a little more oxygen went to my brain and I remembered I was better than that. I considered it heavily though.
SO... I changed really quickly and we left for dinner. I was a hot mess. I wore my "Everyone Loves A Canadian Girl" tank top my mom gave me because earlier Laura and Erin had mentioned that they have never met a Canadian that they liked. Or every single one had a Canadian flag patch somewhere on their pack pack or something. It was funny i thought. I told them how we are all about home country pride and that they just hadn't met the right Canadian's yet. So I wore my Canadian tank as a joke.
We walked to Happy Corner Pizza- it's not actually called that but we call it that. I was so stressed I decided to eat. Screw the fruit cleanse. My Fight or Flight response had been so strong in my body that I felt I HAD to eat or I was just going to die of fatigue. I'm so glad I did because it was definitely in my top ten meals. I have Ravioli and then for desert chocolate mouse with vanilla ice cream. It was to die for. Oh well- I'll cleanse later.
It was funny too at dinner because I am still in freak out mode from my encounter with my jungle buddy... a fly landed on my shoulder and I FLIPPED out. I brushed it off lightening fast and then beat the hell out of it with a menu. Everyone at the table was laughing hysterically and the waitress thought I was nutz. I'm still a little panicky.
After Dinner we walked down to go jewelry shopping but everything was closed. We saw the Michaels as we call them (the street performers). Laura, and Raquel and I walked home and now I'm in bed. It was a tough night.
Now I have to hike to surfing, and the waterfalls and worry about snakes. It's going to be a rough two weeks.
The newbies come tomorrow- so it shall be interesting.
Pura Vida
<3
P.s. Chris got stuck in Houston because of a storm. He's furious. I told him he should have stayed!
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