scary dream that seems silly in daylight

Ever have one of those dreams that

seem so real and scary in the dark but

when morning arrives and you replay it in your mind

it actually makes you laugh at how stupid the dream

really was? That was me last night.

The dream consisted of visiting one of those

old plantation homes that Hugh and I like to visit.

I guess Hughsky was on my mind last night before sleep.

The scarier the better, more ghost stories the more

we are intrigued.

In the dream I go to book a room for the night in one

of these haunted mansions.

The manager tries to tell me just how scary this place is.

He informs me that some Saints players came

to spend the night and had to leave before midnight

when a ghost was felt in their bed.

This makes me laugh at the counter of the thought

of big burly Superbowl winners being afraid of

a little ghost. Still I book my room.

As I am waiting there I feel a presence touch my arm and

pull me away from the counter, it is dragging me away.

Where, I am not sure but then I see this white dog

walking on just his front paws.

Like when we played wheel barrow as a child but

there is no one seen holding up his back legs.

The scariest part of the dream?

All of a sudden HOBL is there asking to go to church,

to receive communion....

Now that is scarier than the ghost part.

About the time I find Ron and I holding on to each other

receiving communion from the Bishop I wake up.

I wake up because I have to go to the bathroom

but I am afraid to go to there because of this

silly dream.

I tell myself its just a dream don't be so silly

but as I walk to the toilet I am afraid that I will

feel a presence touching me.

I do my business and go back to bed putting my head

under the covers. I know this feeling of being scared

is ridiculously silly but I am still scared.

I do fall back asleep and no longer dream about ghosts.

This morning when I see the sun out I

laugh to myself at the thought that

at 46 I was scared of a dream.

That today it is actually a funny thing when put into

words. Ever had one of these?

Or what about the kind of dream that your

spouse does something that really pisses you off

and it seems so real that

the next day you are mad at him/her all day for

something you dreamed about?

Wonder what dreams really are all about in the

big picture of life.

Dream a little dream for me...