So, a Squirrel just bit me. 

I HAVE JUST BEEN BITTEN BY A fucking SQUIRREL! 

Another animal I can add to my "feared" list.

What is with cute, furry, adorable animals biting/lunging at me? 

I honestly didn't do a thing, didn't provoke it, wasn't teasing it.

I was on my way back from the mini-mart, trying to get a temp phone.

Turned to walk into the hotel door and put something in the bin, that just happened to be on the edge of a bush. BAM out of nowhere a darling little Squirrel and here's me "awww aren't you cute" - then "squeak" fucking *crunch* bastard bit the back of my hand. Squirrels are clean here right? I'm totally scarred now. Animals + Amandah just not happening. Maybe I was an evil animal in my past life? Or maybe animals just detect evil in me? It's like the Koala. When I was 8 and we first moved to Australia, my family and I got yearly passes to Dreamworld. 

Now, as you know they have "Koala Country" is it still called that? Anyway, it's a wildlife section. Before moving to Australia, I had previously seen many documentaries on Australia's native animals. The Koala was always an animal I wanted to hold and get a photo with, I thought they were the most adorable, sleepy things on the planet. So finally I went to Koala Country and there was this adorable Koala sleeping on a tree, I'm just watching, then it starts moving. Starts scratching and clawing the tree it is on and screeching like it was being attacked, grunting like I never knew was possible and then just pisses down the tree. My eyes were wide. I have never looked at a Koala the same way, nor will I ever hold one and get a photo.

Also the horse story. I think I have told you this before. I was 5, we were at one of my Dad's work parties. His boss had these cute, horses. Well: they weren't cute but they were beautiful. So we are standing near them, minding our own business, there are about 6 kids standing around, horse comes straight over to me. I'm standing there looking up at it, scared shitless, knowing I can't make sudden movement because I might scare it. Dad's boss yells over "Don't worry, it's not going to hurt you, just wants to look at you that's all." Yeah, cool, bites my fucking arm doesn't it! Out of all the kids there it decides to bite me, the one minding my own business, while the other kids were being loud shits. I think I even said "Please don't bite me." 

Siiiiiigh. I'm just going to avoid all animals from now on. What the fuck? I can't believe I've just been bitten by a squirrel! - at least I'm pretty sure it was a squirrel, oh man vomit, What if it was a giant rat? I'm pretty spaced out right about now, ewwwww WHAT IF IT WAS A GIANT RAT? Ewwwwww. No, no, no, too cute to be a rat. It was def a Squirrel or something along those lines. Ah, I don't know. Oh my god, I don't know. 

I'm mental right now. I'm going to sleep maybe. 

Also, just totally different my Taxi Driver this morning had the NICEST EYES I have EVER seen. I swear, the man was old and it's creepy that I'm even saying this, but he had big blue puppy dog eyes. Really young eyes in comparison to the rest of his face. At the beginning of the trip he gave me a High 5 - because I had directions on how to get to where I am staying ha ha. I thought everyone would have a GPS installed by now, not the case. Nice guy though, much better than my last NYC cab driver who watched me fall in a ditch of ice. Would have been funny to see, but it was too cold. 

Eh, I'm rambling now. I feel weird though, a squirrel bit me. A squirrel BIT ME. Always me. Always me. 

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