Showdown with Reptile

I forgot my cell in the car. In an attempt to retrieve my phone, I had a close encounter with a tailless lizard just sitting there smack-dab in the middle of the darn cobblestone walkway. I stood there, palms sweaty, wondering if I should sneak by it, jump over it, or get my tushy back up to my apartment and wait for it to go away. I attempted, several times, after gathering up my courage to just simply walk right past it but failed... I just couldn’t get the image of a lizard latching onto my ankles out of my head. After standing there staring at the lizard for a good 5 minutes trying to intimidate him into moving, I chose the last option, I quietly walked back up to my apartment in defeat. Not even the addiction to my cell phone can empower me to walk by a reptile. Sad…so, so, sad.