I found myself a bona fide Snake lady not too far from me, she is part of my local herp society and offered to show me her collection so I accepted!
I had never held a snake before so I'm sure I seemed pretty silly and childlike with giddiness but I just thought it was so amazing! I got to hold a Ball Python, Eastern chain kingsnake, Russian Rat snake, Black rat snake, multiple corn snakes, and a teeny tiny zippy little Rufous beaked snake that kept poking me in the eye with her tail and sticking her head in my ear.

I liked the Black rat snake the best, his name was Sid, he was around 12 years old and he hung out with me on the deck for like an hour. He only tried to really get away from me when I would sit down cause there was lots to see on the deck. He layed cosy and still in my lap for awhile, but mostly wrapped himself through my tshirt and bandana lol He also made lots of cute huffing noises in my ear and gave me kisses on the nose. I didn't get any pics of him though cause I forgot my camera up in the snake room. But yea, it was amazing :D The best part is that Sid and his girlfriend Mouse had babies in June so I think I'm going to get one :D
Being able to handle all the snakes really helped me to understand their sizes, most of them were a lot bigger than I expected, as with the Black rat snake. Although, perhaps I'm just smaller and weaker than I thought lol
She had some boas there, but they had just eaten so we didn't want to disturb them, but that was ok because I found the ball python to be stronger than I expected so I didn't think I could handle the boas.
Over all though it was great, :) I held most of them for quite a long time, and so when I went to bed last night I could still feel the sensation in my arms and shoulders.
So hopefully by september or so I'll have my first snake, I'm so excited :D