THOUGHTS
I Woke Up at Midnight to the Sounds of a Zombie Pounding on My Front Door
Confirming I can get pizza delivered faster than the police
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My eyes open immediately but my mind isn’t quite as fast. Am I dreaming?
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My dog barks. Three times. Idiotically friendly, she rarely barks.
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I check my phone to see if there are messages from my dad. Maybe he wanted to swing by for a late-night errand.
There are no messages. Of course not. It was a stupid random thought in the first place.
I shove my husband and tell him to wake up. Someone’s pounding on our house.
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In a surge of motherly instincts, I drop my phone on the nightstand and rush out of the bedroom. I have to protect my dog.
My husband possesses no such motherly instincts and I yell at him again to WAKE UP.
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I find my dog at the front door wagging her tail eagerly. I quickly drag her away and, though I know it’s pointless…
