I'm so sorry for you! The post about the snake would have done it for me. I fear nothing like I fear snakes. We built a new home about 10 years ago in an area that was once a field from a farm. My sons found a snkae in the front year - they and a neighbor boy removed it before I flipped out, but when my husband came home I was nearly demanding him to call the owner of this "relatively exclusive" neighborhood and find out why ther was a snake in this neighborhood. Thank God he loves me, he probably thought I was insane!!!!