Darkcloud

For some people dreams are a welcome addition to sleep.  For me they are an annoyance that often results in me losing sleep and missing and or ignoring an alarm.  Last night was no different in that regard.  However, the type of dream I had not had since I was little.

It started out with my family and I playing in the backyard, and a lion in the neighbors yard.  It was trying to get in to my yard through the fence.  I got the family safely in the house and made sure all the doors and windows were shut.  As I was checking the last door which happened to be the back door I could see the lion and it could see me.  We both charged for the door.  I got there first and attempted to close it.  I closed three doors which turned out to be screen doors before trying to close the solid door.  I got all but about 4inches closed and the lion shoved it open.  I scrambled for a knife to defend myself.  I then replayed the last part over in my head several times trying different ways to defend myself.

During all of this I kept actually waking up and looking at the clock.  I watched it go by hour after hour, and each time realizing this is just a dream and I just need to go back to bed.  This continued until the alarm went off at 5am.