Sometimes in the life of a trailer park girl you just want to channel the language and let rip.  Last night was a shaping up to be one of those nights.

Got back out to the block at about 6:00pm ish with the car loaded up and the dog on hyper drive. The dog was no sooner out of the car and me starting to unlock the caravan when I heard scrambling noises to the point I thought someone was on the inside of the caravan!!    Dog eventually reappeared and we headed with torch in hand to inspect the building work for the day and check the toilet had water in it before I used it (previous lesson).

Then I wander back in my torch light to check the dog has water in her bowl and find this..

The latest amphibian invader was swimming in circles in Kia’s water bowl and swimming head first into the corner might I add.  whilst trying to coax to the dog to drink out of the bowl and then video the fright both frog and dog got  I instead hear a distinct “Hisssss” noise.     Following the lead of the dog, I discover the source of the warning hiss which had been issued to a nose poked under  the edge of her kennel. This is what I saw wedged between the bottom floor of the kennel and the top of the pallet upon which it is sitting:

So I shut Kia in the caravan whilst I started to cook tea and left the lights on and frypan starting to sizzle whilst I took some dog kibble out to the new inhabitant in an effort to try and coax it out.    I wasn’t game to stick my hand under as I’ve previously been the recipient of some very deep and painful puncture bite wounds from a wild kitten whilst at University so I wasn’t game to go a possible round two.

I then got back around the corner to find the caravan in complete darkness.    The weirdest thing was that the thought that actually went through my head first was: “hmm – how did Kia manage to switch the light off?”   Alas, nothing that simple or clever had occurred.  After checking the mains board, resetting everything and then doing some investigative work I found this…

sigh…

So, tea was removed and plonked on to the bbq, the idea of doing the dishes quickly abandoned and the concept of a shower completely dispelled.

Staying in town tonight I think.