Sea Gulls

Okay, my daughter just brought up a sore subject with me. She mentioned my fear of sea gulls. She said, "bird," but I knew what she was talking about. I have a reasonable fear of those creatures. They haunt parking lots and fast food places--foraging for a tasty treat of something old to eat off of the ground. Well, one day, in the K-Mart parking lot (which some would say is pretty desolate), I was nearly attacked by a sea gull. That bird flew so close to my face that I could see it's tongue flapping in its mouth and could hear it shrieking very loudly, almost deafening. I had to cover my head and run to my car and nearly didn't make it. It was unnerving to say the least. I think anything that erratic has to be watched out for. Meanwhile, Bethany is laughing so hard at me. I couldn't believe she could be so heartless, but there it was, no concern for my safety or hers. That bird was going to peck my face. Lucky I had wiped the lunch off of it beforehand, so it had nothing to go for. So, last year we went to Nags Head and my girls and my grandkids took great delight in beckoning a flock of sea gulls to our piece of beach and then delightedly watched me cower under a big hat and a towel. They even took movies of my terror so that we could remember it always. Some people can be so cruel.