April 30, 2009
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So I wake up bleary-eyed and walk out of my room, ready to go see my orthodontist/jaw specialist. As I head for the bathroom, my mom pops out of her room and says, “Hey, did you know that we have rattlesnakes?” I slowly turn around to stare at her in stunned silence, and she continues on by saying “I saw a small one near the recycling bins and garbage can. I heard this rustling noise and thought it was the wind going through the leaves, but then I saw this snake hiding behind the garbage can.” So naturally, she goes to take a look, and it crawls into a cactus. She described it as having a triangular head, thick body, and pointy tail. Of course she isn’t sure if it’s a rattlesnake, and when she was trying to pronounce it to her coworkers, they were all looking at her funny since she was saying it as “lettah-suh-neh-ick.” Believe me, you should have heard her pronounce “snakes” couple years back… She was calling it “snacks,” LOL. Anyways, at this point, my dad turns around from his laptop and tells me while chuckling that my mom said that she didn’t see the bell on the snake and didn’t hear any ringing sounds. Rattlesnake in Korean is called “bell-snake,” so at that point, I was dying with laughter when she kept insisting that the snake didn’t have any bells attached to it. And no ringing, tinkling sounds either. I had to google her a picture of a rattlesnake after that. AND explain that rattlesnakes have RATTLES, and no bells attached to their tails. AND THEN after I showed her the pictures, she immediately decides to go looking for the snake again, and my dad just shakes his head and tells me that I made a bad move teaching her more about rattlesnakes. 5 minutes later, I see her outside with a garden rake, poking around the bushes with renewed vigor. I asked her what the HECK is she going to do if and when she finds one, and she replies with absolute certainty, “That’s what your dad is for.” -__________-;;;; Yes, that’s my mom for you.
And when I come home, I asked her if she told our neighbors about the snake, since they have four kids who like to frolic around the garden. My mom laughs and says, “When I told the neighbor, she went straight to the bushes, bare-handed, and started to root around to find the snake.” Very alarmed, I said, “Didn’t you tell her that it’s a RATTLESNAKE???” And my mom replies, “Oh, she knows, and she said that she loves snakes so she wants to find one.” O_O For once, I found someone stranger than my mom…
Oh yes, I just spend 2,300 bucks to get fitted and tested for my mouthpiece to fix my TMJ. 2 HOURS! It was very weird, but I guess it’s for the best since my jaw cracks now. Scares me when I yawn and I hear *SNAP* I’m getting acupuncture for the pain, and I’m pretty used to having needles in my face now. It’s good to have high pain threshold, I guess.
