What REALLY grinds your gears?

I didn't even click the link, but started laughing at the title. I feel for Chico. I'm not sure I could sleep right now. Chico, I recommend going and purchasing quite a few statues of St. Patrick since he drove all the snakes out of Ireland, maybe he can do so for your home!

;)

Ill try anything at this point. St Patrick sounds good. Havent seen the lil bastard, brought the lab back to the house. We will see

There are snake traps which you can get from hardware stores which are basically sticky traps. A snake gets stuck slithering across. If you put a couple down, within a couple of days you should have either a captive snake or the peace of mind that the snake is gone.

There are snake traps which you can get from hardware stores which are basically sticky traps. A snake gets stuck slithering across. If you put a couple down, within a couple of days you should have either a captive snake or the peace of mind that the snake is gone.

Or vet visit with the cat or labador lol :)

Or vet visit with the cat or labador lol :)

:) Maybe you could put the traps under a chair, bed, or some place like that where a snake would go but a lab would not.

:) Maybe you could put the traps under a chair, bed, or some place like that where a snake would go but a lab would not.

I'm picturing Chico reaching under his couch, or one of those hard-to-reach places to plant a trap just as Senor Slither wakes from a two day snooze, all hungry.

:) Maybe you could put the traps under a chair, bed, or some place like that where a snake would go but a lab would not.

Cats go under couches but hey, it's a cat, no big loss. :D

if the snake touches the kitty or the lab, its 187 on that snake big time.

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I just got a new job, a REAL job finally, with AmeriCorps. I'm a transitional housing program assistant, working Operation Homefront (who works with military families).

It's a contract position for one year, but it's a federal government job and a step in the right direction, so after 6 years I'm finally kissing retail goodbye. This is really new to me but I'm pretty excited for it.

What's grinding my gears right now is all these background checks. I understand the necessity of it, but I need an FBI one and two state ones (because I'm living in DC and working in MD) I need to be fingerprinted, at least twice and despite getting instructions in writing, they're confusing as hell and going not only to the FBI place (in WV) but off to another state where I guess they're going reviewed and recorded.

I wish this was all just clearer to me, but I guess I'll get it all figured out soon. I've just never had to do all this before. Background checks were typically just done by the employer but Jesus, this is a lot of work.

I just got a new job, <SNIP>

Very happy for you!