07/08/2026
Today I had an unexpected helper appear… 😳
With all the packing, moving, and extra things happening around here, I just had to share because we all need our daily dose of humor! 🤣
So yesterday, I tossed an old fern into the trash can in the garage and thought nothing of it.
Fast forward to today… I walk out, open the trash can to throw something away, and out of NOWHERE this little lizard launches straight at me and lands ON MY CHEST! 🦎
Y’all… when I tell you I reacted… I REACTED- I ripped my shirt off, pulled my hair tie out, and started shaking my head like I was front row at a 1990’s hard rock concert 💃😂
Once I realized he wasn’t in my hair or down my shirt, I moved on to phase two… shaking my legs and removing my pants in the garage like I had completely lost my mind.
The good news is the garage door was closed… so no neighbors were traumatized by my little lizard encounter- the bad news is… I’m pretty sure I would have reacted the exact same way if the garage door had been open 🫣
Realizing I was no longer being attacked by this harmless little creature, I started looking around… and there he was, sitting calmly on a nearby box like nothing had happened!
Anyone who knows me knows a few years ago I would’ve been calling in a professional (or at least a neighbor ). But after a few moments of realizing I was okay, and he was okay, I pulled myself together, got dressed again, grabbed him by the tail, and escorted him right back outside where he belongs.
Today I learned that lizards can change colors as quickly as I can change clothes and never bring outside plants inside without a thorough inspection! 👀
And you already know that tomorrow, I’ll be applying Mama’s Blend to every muscle I pulled during that performance 😂💪