Now I just feel embarrassed for sharing the story in the first place.

I'm just glad you're no longer homeless in Seattle. It would make the logistics of this conversation rather more difficult.

Which phrase had my late-night riffing brain wondering whether ex-zombie because dead or a priori ex-zombie, as if whoever or whatever dispatched the snake brought it to its senses first. Something pleasantly tzu-jan za-zen about that.

I don't know. If it recurs, I'll try to find out.