[ So other than getting a splitting headache for no apparent reason, today was a pretty average day. UNTIL. My dog went nuts at the door a few minutes ago; I looked outside and lo, there was NOTHING THERE. Heh. Whatever, she's a dog, she barks at things I can't see or hear all the time, this was nothing unusual. Or so I thought. So I let her out and right after I do I see this... Little... Animal. Right outside the boundary of our yard. And I was like, what is that? A small dog? And then I looked closer and realized... It was a skunk. A SKUNK. RUNNING AROUND IN OUR BACKYARD. Cue me and my mom freaking out and calling her back to us (to no avail) while yanking on the cord that keeps her from running off (note: We have no fence, don't ask). She was SO CLOSE to being sprayed, but we managed to pull her back and the skunk decided it wasn't worth it and ran away (Thank goodness. We just got a brand new couch, and last time a dog of ours got skunk'd they proceeded to rub themselves ALL OVER THE COUCH in an attempt to get rid of the smell). It was the first time I'd seen a live skunk. And for those of you who are wondering, skunks must only be smelly when they've sprayed something/they're roadkill because it smelled perfectly normal out there. ]
