Here I am sitting at
Here I am sitting at home totally minding my own business and waiting for my sweet potatoes to finish cooking so I can go to Becca's. I casually glance out the window, and then do a double take, and then gasp out loud and run for my camera, because:
OH MY GOD THERE IS TOTALLY A 10-FOOT ALLIGATOR SITTING ON THE EDGE OF THE BAYOU ACROSS FROM MY APARTMENT!!
I went out to take a picture and one of my neighbors was out on his balcony inspecting it through binoculars. I've lived along this bayou for three and a half years and never seen one. I suppose I knew they were there, but I think I liked it better when I hadn't seen one. There is an alligator that lives near me. That is slightly unsettling.
Wow! They must be the greatest sweet potatoes in the world to attract an alligator!
Hmmm, any missing dogs or cats in your complex?
woah!!!!!!!!!!
It's the word "bayou" that would have tipped me off. If I lived within walking distance of anything called a "bayou" I would fully expect to have to wrestle two or three of these bad boys on my way to the car each morning. (I'd do my best to dress and talk like Steve Irwin while I was about it, too.) :)
Awesome!