ANDREWS – Patty Tidwell’s first upclose encounter with a live snake couldn’t have come at a worse time.A still-groggy Tidwell woke up at her northeast Andrews residence about 3:30 a.m. Friday (Sept. 3) and headed to the bathroom. She was likely still half-asleep and in no way ready or prepared for what was about to happen.If she wasn’t alert after just awaking at that early morning hour, her encounter with a python that somehow ventured into her bathroom through the sewer system surely got the juices flowing.Tidwell walked into the bathroom and witnessed a ball python slithering atop the back ...