Squirrel, Squirrel Go Away!

I was walking down the sidewalk towards my Grandma's house. A squirrel with nasty beady little eyes made a nasty little clicking noises halfway up a tree making me stop and look. When I looked up, he flew down and attacked me. I was terrified, never before this had a given squirrels a thought. Yes I liked to watch them, even saw one fall from the power line one time, jump up and scurry away, but never had I really put too much thought into them. This squirrel that took a flying leap from the tree landed on my arm. Face down, and proceeded to bite my thumb. Then he was gone.

I remember falling to the ground, I remembered yelling for my grandma or aunt and as I was yelling my voice was getting softer and softer, I remember a neighbor Kevin walking by me, looking down, then yelling Holly's on the ground. I remember thinking about rabies, I yelled softer and softer still and the dream was over. I also remember this dream approximately 25 years after I had it. See this explains my fear of squirrels. This is also why a young child should not watch Cujo.

My daughters love squirrels, when they go to my mother in laws they feed them, watch them, just enjoy them. I cannot. Well through a window they aren't as scary for me, but still. My mother in laws house is surrounded by big, tall trees and the squirrels love them, her house is surrounded by squirrels. I am lucky. I rarely see a squirrel in our neighborhood. In our backyard I believe I can count on one hand how many times I have seen a squirrel in over 6 years I have lived here. Awesome! The front I occasionally, and by this I mean maybe 2 a month, see squirrels. The funny part they are either traveling by way of tree or sidewalk. Yes, sidewalk, they never run in the grass, it is so strange.

This morning I opened the front door to talk to John who was in the street at his truck. Right past the front door, maybe 4 feet from it, ran a squirrel. ACK! In the grass, then right up our front tree. Fudge! I mean he was so close and he scared the crap out of me. I hope he was not the first of many or that he is not a brazen little fellow who has decided to make his home here. I pray he was just passing through, it's not too much to ask right. My girls would be absolutely thrilled if he decided to stay though.