Snake

Snake
A couple years ago our house roof was leaking, and we decided it would be cheaper to do it ourselves than to hire someone. So I set to work turning off all the old shingles and replacing the roof deck as needed. I found that the roof was in bad shape so I resheathed and reshingled the entire roof. By the end of the job I had aggravated my herniated disc and was unable to clean up the shingles. Months passed and we had attempted to clean up the piles of discarded shingles that lie around the edges of the roof. We even called several companies and were unable to get someone to clean up the mess. It was a big job and no one wanted it. Little by little we gathered all the shingles up in a wheelbarrow, and condensed them into one pile, and still we couldn't get anyone to all away the mass shingles.
With the weather nice Pauline was determined once again to get the shingles on the yard. She called several trash hauling companies and once again no takers, but this time she had leads. We pulled up the classified ads on the Internet and began calling. We had two prospects and one showed up early Saturday morning for an estimate. At first were rather shocked at the price but we decided to go through with it. As the team began the cleanup work I went to work insulating the garage. They were piling shingles on a tarp and hauling them up to the trailer while I was cutting stapling insulation in the walls. This went on for about an hour when I heard a sudden shriek, “snake!” I dropped what I was doing and ran to see what was going on. There in the pile is shingles was a coiled black snake. One of the women was attempting to get out of the pile the pitchfork gingerly lifting the shingles little by little. Because I was installing insulation I had a long sleeved shirt, gloves and a respirator on. I asked people to stand back and reached into you grabbed the snake and flung out of the way. Unfortunately it got hung up on a sapling and it seemed none too happy of its predicament. So this time we left it with a fork and sent it on its way. I went back to work and so did they. In the back of my mind I thought for sure there to run for cover after seeing the snake. It took so long to find somebody to haul away the shingles and now they're frightened by a snake. I guess money is a powerful tool when you need some. They went back to work immediately.
It was hard work and Pauline was concerned about the health of one of the workers so she joined in and as I finished installing a couple sheets of OSB I did the same. We work the rest of the afternoon with them. They found several more snakes but I heard no more shrieks.