See, it went down like this.....

****updated****
Syd's little snake loving friend from school came over for a playdate after school.  
All of the kids take a few minutes to play with the snake.
Super thoughtful neighbor catches 19 worms (snake food) and brings them over.
I suggest to the kids that we should wash the worms off (gets off any pesticides that may be in your lawn to hurt the snake and the dirt)
All 5 (the boys had a friend over) agree and wash them thoroughly in our water table out back.
I put all of the worms in a jar and place them in my fridge (I'm pretty butch, but worms next to the celery even made me gag a little)
Kids go outside to play.
Playdate friend comes back in a half hour later.  by herself
I ask where the kids are, she responds with "across the street playing".
She heads to see the snake again.
I continue with my chores.
Her mom comes.  she goes home.

>>>>>>>>>fastforward>>>>>>>>>>>

I was going to change the paper towels in the bottom of the snakes make shift home.
Snake is gone.
hmmm ?
I tell J that the snake has in fact escaped.
She responds with, "nice, really nice" (there was a face and shifty pissed off eyes that went with her response)

Both my front and back door were wide open for a lot of the afternoon.   PLUS.  My backdoor was open the entire day AND the snake container was by the back door.  
My thoughts are that the little guy made his way out (because our little friend didn't know to put the lid on tight) and took off for the hills.  
Good bye my little friend Alex aka Snake.

Syd wants to go to the pet store to get another one. 
I told her that we could look for another one in the yard, but that snakes are not meant to be kept up in a little cage.  They need to roam free.
(sigh)
I'm gonna miss him too.

Now everbody pray that it did go outside and that my wife isn't going to find it inside.   She'll never let me keep another small, non dog
animal AGAIN.  

******update******
cuz you knew there would be :)
I'm happy to say that at 7:48 am, I spotted and re captured Alex the Snake.    He was wrapped and woven through the air intake vent going down the stairs.   
I'm happy.  Syd's over the moon.   She has a friend that is out of town and wants them to meet before we release him.
J is ecstatic.   her response to the news was, "Good!"  (I'm pretty sure she pulled a face and rolled her eyes...but it was over the phone so I couldn't see it.   but I could HEAR it)
Now I just need to ask my neighbor to catch some more nightcrawlers.    When he went missing I put his house in the gay-rodge and the worms in my garden.   DAMN, damn it all to hell (fists in the air) 
In other unrelated news, I had a sex dream involving Queen Latifah last night. (I'm ovulating)  It's going to be close to 70 degrees today.  aaaah, it's gonna be a good day.

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