until I see another snake.  I see dead ones in the road occasionally.  Last year I remember seeing a very small one that slithered past me when I was out walking a dog but it was really tiny.  However, last night for the first time in my dog walking career I saw a big SNAKE.  It was a black one (I know that they're safe but that doesn't mean I have to like them!)  I was walking Millie and Sadie and luckily they never saw it.  When I noticed the snake it had frozen so he must've seen us first.  I actually wondered if it was a kid's toy b/c it looked weird to me.  It wasn't serpentine like (it wasn't in a s-shape) but more like a zig zag.  I stared at it for a minute then moved on and when I turned around, it was gone.  It had slithered into the grass.  I still shiver when I think about it.  Please let me not see another one for another 5.5 years.  My heart can't take it.  Really.  #proudthatididn'tscream