We just had some excitement here that we find rather comical now that it’s over and done with. First before I go into this story I have to mention that B & S and their daughter were up North for a weekend several weekends ago and when they came home they found that a raccoon had found it’s way into their house. It made it’s mark by entering the fireplace and leaving black soot all over the carpeting, on furniture & even on the wall. I didn’t mean to laugh when she told me the story because I can only imagine what a mess that was to have to clean up.

That story is even more comical now after what happened tonight.

B ordered pizza for dinner because by the time we got home from her daughter’s cheerleading practice it was late. After everyone got done eating we sent the kids outside to play (Caleb, K & one of K’s friends). As the kids came inside from playing outside they were standing by the door & the next thing we know the kids are looking down by Caleb’s foot. B and I were sitting on the couch so we couldn’t see what they were looking at. Then B leans over a little & she thought it was a big spider (like a tarantula even though we knew that wasn’t possible) because all she saw was this mound of black. Then K’s friend yells BAT. The kids scramble away from the door & then there is this bat flying towards me as I’m still sitting on the couch (I had a bit of a delayed reaction…LOL). I’m pretty sure I’ve never moved that fast in my life or screamed that loud.

Caleb dived to the floor, the girls ran downstairs & locked themselves in the bathroom. B and I are running around screaming & we take off out the front door. We stand there in her lawn with the door wide open hoping this dumb bat is going to fly back out the way it came in. Her neighbor pulls up & is laughing at us & says isn’t S getting it? B is like no S isn’t home right now. I figured he’d come over and come to the rescue. I mean hello there are 2 hysterical woman on the lawn you would think that any NORMAL man would come save us (oh yeah men AREN’T normal). But no of course not. Instead he makes a joke to B about her house being a wild kingdom.

Eventually the bat did fly out on it’s own. And now we are laughing about it but man it wasn’t funny when I was sitting there and a bat was flying at my head!