girl vs. wild

Last night Reid was working outside on the house, so I decided I’d go ahead and mow since there was a nice breeze. And our neighbors had all mowed that day, as well, and I had to keep up- they made us look bad!

I was finishing up mowing on the side of the house when this thick, bright green creature was squiggling away. At first I thought worm, then I thought SNAKE! So I tried to kill it what the mower. Come on, what would you have done!? (Btw, from what I could see it was only about 3 inches long). I couldn’t see it anymore. Victory was mine.

I tell Reid of my triumph. He comes over to look at it. It was merely a pretty little caterpillar. And it was still alive. I was tricked. And I had won nothing.

The end.

This is what he looked like: