In this dream, it was Christmas and we were at some wealthy person's home as overnight guests along with a variety of other people. Some of the other people I know, some I didn't and they have no real life connection to one another but we are all really tight friends in my dream. It was early morning and everyone was either just getting up or arriving and we were all bustling around unloading cars and bringing in food and extra tables and chairs and presents. Oh the presents! They were so pretty with the glittery wrapping and the big fluffy bows!!
When I stepped out of the bedroom my foot landed right in the middle of a big cold puddle. I cursed under my breath and hobbled off toward the kitchen for paper towels to clean up. That done, I went in the bathroom. And there was another puddle. Everywhere I went in this house, there was a little puddle.
And it was irritating me no end to keep stepping in them!!
Finally, there was one at the base of the grand staircase in the entryway and I realized the puddles were pet urine. I asked some of the other people coming in, if our hosts had pets and learned they had small dogs. The guy answering said the dogs were afraid of people and probably hiding up in the owner's bedroom because of everyone coming and going. I was thinking it was awfully strange... considering the number of puddles I'd found unattended to, the house should stink like a giant litter box and it didn't. My friend, glancing over the top of the table he was moving inside, saw the puddle by the stairs and rolled his eyes and said "Usually the maid takes care of it pretty quick, but she's off for a few weeks to spend the holiday with her family in Bolivia."
Not because the maid had some time off, but that the pet owners themselves didn't step up and get the messes taken care of was frustrating me. And I wanted to yell at them!
I woke up then, with my heart pounding and breathing hard and feeling that frustration come through pretty strong. And then there was that deflating moment where I lay there looking around the room trying to sort out what was real and what was dream that I realized, "Oh yeah... I'm livin' the dream."
And so I got up and put my boys out for their first morning potty trip.
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| 50-lb Thunder (looking straight at the camera) and 48.5-lb Lightning (down with his head thrown back) wrestling in front of one of our fans. |
2 comments:
Look on the bright side, at least you didn't stepping a puddle when you got out of bed!
That bit of joy would have been the morning before... got out the bedroom door and over to the stairs before Lightning cut loose and sent pee running like a waterfall down all 5 steps. That was only the start of a rough day!
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