my heart is beating. My hands are shaking and I am having trouble typing. Such a scare I just had. It is 7:50 AM and still dark outside. I was just checking emails and decided to warm up the car before I left for work. This is a routine I do every morning. We don't have a garage in this little house, so the cars are parked right outside the front door. The front door has a wooden platform in front of it with two steps. It isn't really big enough to be considered a deck, and I don't think you could even fit a chair by the door. Maybe a pot of flowers in the spring.
This morning, I flung open the door like I do every day and there staring at me was a moose standing at the bottom step. No more than a foot away. I'm not sure which of us ran away faster, although I did make sure I closed the front door before I ran. As I ran away, I could see the moose turning tail and leaping away, rather cat-like, from me. From my front window I watched him saunter up the driveway, so I think he wasn't a shook up as I was.
Today's lesson: Look out front window prior to opening front door.
Whew - coast is clear. Now I am going to try this again....
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