rocky raccoon?

well, don't that just take the cake?

at the beginning of the summer chuck said that he looked out the window to see a big fat raccoon sitting on the deck rail at the camp. he said he was not under any circumstance going out there to confront it because they can be vicious if provoked.

last night i'm sitting in my chair on the deck a little after dark talking to my big sister on the phone and just happened to glance over to the right.  i see 2 big eyes meandering down the deck towards me.  i immediately thought "cat".  i got up to walk down there to have a closer look and the creature hopped up on the rail.  i then noticed that the 2 big eyes were surrounded by 2 big white circles like a mask, which confirmed to me that what i was looking at was a big fat RACCOON!  i screamed into the phone, "there's a raccoon on the deck!"  it ran a little ways down from me and looked at me.  i stomped my foot at it and it ran a little further and looked at me.  i stomped my feet again and it looked at me.  finally it scaled the post up onto the top of the trailer, while i ran inside hollering, "there's a raccoon out here!"

i'm so mad.  my sanctuary under the stars has been invaded!  whereas i used to go out there at all hours of the night feeling all safe and everything....now i am afraid to put my foot out the door!

this is catastrophic.  i am un - done.