things i could have gone on not knowing

Someone died in my childhood bedroom before we lived there. Apparently it was a young child. My sister dropped this fact in conversation during a visit last weekend. I had no idea. No, nothing ever seemed strange or spooky in that room. It's still one of my favorite places in the world. But that's just bizarre.
There are snakes in my yard. At this very minute. My neighbor told me Sunday. Her daughter saw them as they were in my yard playing in the pile of fallen leaves. I think this might be a campaign of terror to get me to rake them. Joke's on you guys; it has had the opposite effect. But I do have moments of panic: can a snake scale a stair?
There are a lot of calories in a Chil-Fil-A shake. A terrifying number. In fact, that's the scariest thing I learned this week.