My Frog Phobia

Before I tell this story, you should know I am terrified of frogs!! It doesn't how small or how large, I hate them. My sister, Jessica, also shares this fear with me. I'm not really sure how or when we became so terrifed of frogs. It might have started when multiple frogs started appearing on our front porch. They just seemed to pop out of nowhere at night. Both Jessica and I try to avoid the frogs by leaping from the sidewalk up to the front door and frantically unlocking the door. I guess we don't like that they might hop onto us? I think my fear started with those movie scenes where the kids are at camp and one kid is laying in his bunk, sees something jump under his blanket, pulls it back and finds a huge frog!!! Ugh, just the thought of this grosses me out!!

This makes me have the creepy crawlies (however you spell that).... ew.

 

So the story... this happened this past Sunday as my family got in the car to head to see my grandma in Sallisaw. I brought one of those reusable shopping bags with me from Stillwater. They come in handy sometimes to tote a few things. The bag was green. I brought it home, unpacked it, and folded it up to store in a shelf. The next morning I pulled it out to take with me in the car. I walked out to the car and put the bag on the floor. We stopped at Quicktrip to put gas in the car and I happened to glance over to the right of the bag as I reached for the door. According to my sister I quietly gasped as a saw two beady eyes perched on the side of the green bag. At that moment I knew.... IT WAS A FROG and it was in the car!!! I leaned towards Jessica and started pushing her as I calmly said "FROG, IN THE CAR!". Jessica started screaming and we jumped out of the car as fast as we could. Causing a big scence, Jessica was yelling there was a frog in the car. Meanwhile, my parents were both just laughing. They don't get our fear of frogs. One lady getting gas next to us was laughing and a man walked over to where our car was to make sure everything was alright. 

 

This picture is similar to what I saw peering at me from inside the car.

So this is how we started Mother's Day 2010. We will never forget this traumatic frog experience. We will laugh about it for a very long time. Stay away frogs!