Trust me, she is not mentally damaged, though she may be if she found the snake missing from it's enclosure. The St. Regis is a high end resort down the way in Dana Point.
One of the only things is my wife is afraid of reptiles & insects. She was a sweetheart as always in letting our son adopt a BP that needed a home. She won't touch the snake, but cares enough about teaching our boy about animals and to let us have reptiles is a big deal for her. In fact she is the one who suggested giving this BP a home.
She laughs that if it ever escapes she will be enjoying a massage, spa and dinner while we look for the escapee. This is her way of telling us... don't let it get out without us around, and perhaps make us look really hard cause I don't want to outlay that kinda cash!