Maria doesn’t even have to send the Wake-Up Squad after me, anymore. It was raining heavily this morning and when she let them in, they happily rocketed up the stairs and landed on me in bed all at once.

It was effective. I got up quickly and grabbed my Iphone. They have it worked out now. Zinnia lands on my chest, Bud burrows under the blankets and Fate licks my fate.

Like the raptors in the movie, they are getting clever, working together.

A coordinated three-way attack from all sides to force me out from under the blankets and off of the bed. “Why can’t you do this to the sheep?” I asked Fate.

She just barked with joy.