It always gets worse before it gets better. Things are bad but with the new Job, things will start to look up for you, I'm sure of it! Your snakes will be fine without you for 4 days! As long as you make sure they have clean water before you go they'll be totally fine.

I would love to see your house! I love the supernatural. I grew up in a building that was pretty haunted. Not nearly that bad, but similar stuff happened to me growing up. Still happens to my younger brother. I know how scary that stuff can be, especially being touched. There's nothing more frightening than being touched by something like that. Both me and my brother have been pulled out of bed (like in paranormal activity). The good thing was that the encounters were not as frequent as yours seem to be. I could talk all day about this stuff but I don't want to hijack your thread. LOL

Cheers.