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It sashayed reptile style through the kitchen door before I could get my stick into the laundry room yesterday.

Of course, this was just after I had emptied all of the kitchen cabinets and was preparing to tear the pantry apart.

As far as I know, it is still in the laundry room. I was going to do laundry prior to that, but I worked in the garden instead.

It could be in the dirty clothes. It could be under the washer, dryer, or hot water heater. I have semilost my enthusiasm for searching for the damned thing. Lord knows how long it's been here.

It's a chicken, aka rat snake, about four or five feet long. Actually, it's kind of pretty.

I have put sticky traps everywhere. It's just a matter of time before I step in one myself. I'm either going to catch myself, a bunch of spiders (which is why I have sticky traps in the first place) or a mouse, which apparently the snake is looking for, or the snake which at this point is seeming less and less likely.

So I marked today as a snake in the house day number three until my enthusiasm is renewed and I start tearing the laundry room apart.

Which also has cabinets, and I'm not thrilled about going through, but the stuff in there probably needs shifting and purging, so I don't see any other logical course of action... damned snake making me do housework.

The woman who comes twice a week flatly refused unless I double her fee. I love my money too much for that.

I'm extremely thankful for it not being a rattlesnake. Thankfully, they live at the barn. With the exception of a pygmy rattlesnake that used to live in the backyard by the driveway but I accidentally drove over it and killed it.

Anyway, I know that this is a long, winded answer to a really short question that I appreciate you're asking. I needed a break, and now I'm getting back to work. Thanks for providing a diversion.

Good luck with your rattlesnake catching. I hope you don't have to do it much because snake wrangling is a tricky business. I'm wondering if scorpions are a problem where you are, too. I hope not.

Thanks for your reply, Kali. Take care. ❤️