Unwanted visitor

Doug and I went out to a Fundraiser the other night. We came home, put the kids to bed and went outside to enjoy the nice Spring evening. We were standing in the garage by the edge of the driveway. Doug says to me "go get a flashlight, I think I just saw a snake". I ran into the house and grabbed a flashlight. I came back out and flashed the light by the trashcans. He pulled one trashcan away and I saw about a 6 inch snake. I was skeeved out by that and became a scared little girl...on the verge of standing on something and screaming!! THEN, he pulled the other trashcan away and revealed the rest of the body of the snake...it seemed like it went on for forever (if you've ever heard my bat story...I tend to exaggerate). It was at least a 4 foot black snake. Doug grabbed a shovel and stabbed at it and threw it out onto the driveway. The snake was pissed, Doug was poking at the snake and I was making noises that I didn't know I could make.

Finally, I told him to just put the snake out of its misery and kill it...at this point it was bleeding and still trying to bite the shovel. One final jab with the shovel and the snake was dead...I still get the willies thinking about it and glance at the trashcans with caution!