Just Another Day in the Grounds Office

We've gotten some pretty bizarre calls in the Grounds Office. Anything from lost keys to struggling ducks to tree donations to rain notifications--you name it, we've got it. Yesterday, however, marked a monumental call.

First, you have to know that we are going through an intense hiring process for one of our administrative positions, and we have all been trying to be on our best behavior and squash any out of control problems, as several professionally dressed and highly qualified applicants--and not to mention the directors of all of BYU Physical Facilities interviewing them--are hanging around our office. This very fact also caused all of us secretaries to want to wear dresses to work on Friday, just to match the atmosphere. The interviews were going smoothly and we were hosting cordially in our dresses when the phone rang. I answered, only to hear a panicked voice on the other end. (Typical, as EFY is storming the campus and some visitor is usually calling to complain about the sprinklers. ) This time, however, the girl on the other end and I had this conversation:

Girl: I was just walking by the stream on south campus and there is a really big snake there!!
Krista (I'm composed. We get animal calls all the time): Ok, we can get the foreman of the area to take care of it. Where is the snake?
Girl: I don't think you get it! This is a REALLY BIG snake. I think it's an anoconda!
Krista: (still composed. We get dramatic calls all the time) (also, eye roll): Ok... can you tell me where the snake is?

Long story short, she told me where it was nestled and I called Gilbert, still thinking he would just go get the little garter and chuck it towards Y mountain. However, not but 20 minutes later (the interviewees are still sitting in the front room), Glibert meandered in, bringing this little guy into our office!!!

IT WAS A BOA CONSTRICTOR!!!!!!!

You better believe we were all freaking out and we closed the door to the front room so composure could be maintained, and all of us, in our fancy dresses, ran to the back to figure out how the heck this happened! A boa constrictor!!! On campus!!!
It was AMAZING!! Snakes are nothing but pure muscle, and I will tell you it's just a little unnerving to have one this big just kinda creeping around you. But it was so cool!

After some brief investigation, turns out that there really was a boa constrictor on campus.

But.

This story is a lie.

And actually, Stacey's husband just happens to be a biology teacher in possession of said snake and he brought Katie in to show us how she is fed.

You knew we looked a little too happy in those pictures, didn't you?

But still, it was funny that we just had those interviewees chilling in the front and we were just wearing dresses and playing with a boa in the back. What the only in the Grounds Office?

Also, this is how it is when a boa eats. Basically, death. (Summer, you may want to not look at this one..)

That's all for now from Provo. Life is great, I work in the best place in the world (boa on campus or not), we went camping last night, and I am going to go work the Stadium of Fire tonight!!!

(Note: This is not one of said professionally dressed applicants. He works in Physical Facilities, and I just couldn't resist)

Happy Fourth!