Rocky Dreams

The past few nights I've had some really wacked out dreams involving our cat, Rocky (the one on the left in the photo). Tuesday night I dreamt that I was out of town with my mom and a couple of my girlfriends. I was in the backseat of a car as we were driving somewhere when I felt my stomach starting to move. I lifted my shirt and saw that the baby was thrusting her skinny, little arms and hands out. I could see the entire outline of the fingers as if my skin was super thin and stretchy. Very science fiction. I pointed it out for everyone to see. We were all excited - no one thought it was in the least bit out of the ordinary. I was then in labor and at a doctor's office. I somehow gave birth (that part was mysteriously absent from the dream) and when they handed me my baby it was Rocky as a kitten. I was really sad about it and remember thinking - he's cute, but I really wanted a human baby.

The next night I dreamt that Rocky was playing next to me when all of the sudden his paw fell off. There was no blood and he didn't look in pain, but I was beside myself. I was crying to Brandon about how terrible it is that all of our cats die (even though the cat wasn't dead and, in reality, only one of our cats have died). I woke up and called for Brandon. I asked him to hold Rocky up for me so I could make sure all of his paws were intact. They were.

I'm pretty sure why I had these dreams. Chico, our other cat, goes outside in the morning and it really upsets Rocky. He gets all needy and in my face - "Love me! Pet me! Where's Chico? When is he coming back? Are you going to check on him? I need a hug. I need Chico. Where is he? When is he coming back?" All of this, of course, is in the form of "meow, meow, meowmeow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meowmeow, meowmeow, meow..." either outside my door or two inches from my face. I'm sure the dreams are also reflective of feeling like 'protector mommy' and knowing that the end is near and I'm going to have a baby soon. Hopefully, a human baby. With her hands attached.

My dreams last night weren't nearly as interesting. It was mostly just a recap of last night's Lost and my analysis of everything that happened. Did you watch? It was awesome.