Tales From the Front Step-With my eyes closed. In the dark.

I'm sure I will soon have more exciting tales from the front step. I was just sitting out there, thinking about all these stories. I sit and think out there often. Hashing out issues and ideas, listening to the wind and wildlife. Just sittin-n-chillin. However. A couple things you should never do while out there thinking on that front step. Do not sit out there with your eyes shut. I do that. To visualize stuff. I shouldn't. It's dumb. Things come around the side of the house and steps. They sneak up on you in the dark that way. Skunks, possums, cats, mousezillas, frankensnails, spiders and bugs for starters. Bad enough as it is. The others? They would be the bigger critters. Like the 50lb rabbits and woodchucks, the deer and the coyotes. (which freaked my ass right out when the whole pack howled in the back yard this winter. HOWLING! IN THE BACK YARD! YIKES! *I was on the front step*) Yeah. EEP! And. The. Big. Cat. When I say "Big Cat" I don't mean a larger than normal felis domesticus. I mean a Cougar/Mountain Lion type cat. The one that has been sighted in the area. For years. I HAVE seen a reliable picture of a ginormous paw print from next door. RELIABLE people have seen this thing. It's been on the news for cripes sakes! So, note to self? Don't be a dummy and sit with your eyes closed. Jeeze! And turn the dang light on while you're at it! That would be the other dumb thing. Sitting in the dark in the wild boonies. *What were you thinking! Put your big pants on!*