Cute Little Robot Dream and Nick's Birthday

Because I feel compelled to write about my wacky dreams...

Last night my father got our family two new pets, a golden retriever puppy, and a little robot! The puppy was adorable, but the robot was equally endearing. On Halloween, it put a little white sheet over itself and trucked around the house pretending to be a ghost. I nearly tripped over the little bugger since he was only about a foot and a half tall. "Awww, how'd you get so smart?!" I said.

On Saturday Ash and I celebrated Nick's birthday with him back in Salisbury. We went out to dinner at The Grog. Nick suggested seats near the bookcase where we found Scrabble and played a game before our meals came. I ended up with some pretty decent words for someone buzzing like a fool off a beer on an empty stomach. After dinner we headed back to Nick's where we had dessert with his family, and my parents swung by. Great night all-in-all. Welcome to 25 Nick!

Magic Carpet Dream

Last night I dreamt I found a magic carpet. I was flying over some foreign landscape that seemed to be a cross between the Barcelona coast, Tamalpais Valley (north of San Francisco), and Neverland. The carpet was more like a blanket that functioned like a ram-air parachute.

SO MUCH fun!

Sam and I Fought Off Two Lions in My Backyard

Last night my dog Sam was barking in the backyard. I went outside to find a lion cub on the deck swatting at Sam with paws the size of dessert plates. I yelled at Sam to get in the house and immediately began to fear the presence of the parents of the lion cub. Sure enough, below the back staircase to the deck was an enormous, adult, male lion. Sam barked like crazy at it, and the lion bit at his face catching his lip in his giant fangs. People were calling at me from inside the house to get inside, but Sam was in trouble. Barely thinking, I climbed up on the railing of the deck and jumped off it drop-kicking the lion in the shoulders (seriously). Immediately I realized the futility of my actions and panic sat in. I thought about how I wished that I just slid down the back staircase, grabbed Sam's collar from behind and ran him back up the stairs. Then, with the thought in my head, next thing I knew, I had Sam's collar in my right hand and we were on our way up the deck.

And then I woke up.