Random Dumb Dream

Have you ever had a bizarre dream, then a few days later, you revisit the dream from where it left off?

I think the dream first started on Sunday or Monday. Dream sequences are in italics.

One day I was driving in the desert, then all of a sudden I see this alligator in the middle of the road. As I approached it, I saw that it was about to eat what looked like a puppy. The puppy could barely see, maybe because it was just born, I wasn’t sure. Just as the gator was about to attack, I jumped out of my car, and grabbed the puppy, barely saving it from the gator. I then made a mad dash for my car as the gator was pissed at me. I somehow got into the car and slammed the door just in time. The gator rammed my wheels a few times, then gave up and walked away. Several things surprised me in that I didn’t see the puppy’s mom anywhere. I also didn’t see where the gator could have come from, since we were in the desert and not close to any water. Going on, I somehow found myself driving into the night with the puppy in the front seat. It looked somewhat helpless. Strangely, I didn’t feed it or anything. Once I got to my home, I decided to just put the puppy under my parent’s bed then I went off, forgetting about it.

At this point in the dream, I guess I moved on to a new topic of interest, maybe work or girls, not sure. All I know was that I was driving in the desert. The puppy scene was more or less a random segue.

Anyways, Thursday night/Friday morning, I revisited this dream.

I was randomly walking around my home when I somehow stumbled near my parent’s room again. At that moment, I remembered I had thrown the puppy under their bed a few days ago. I decided to look under the bed to see if it was still alive, and somehow it was. I called the puppy and he walked over to me slowly. It apparently could see, and somehow found some food under the bed, which made no sense. Anyways, the puppy seemed to have grown to be about middle aged, but it was sort of freaky looking. It had a normal dog body, but a bizarre long face/head. It had a bunch of tiny sharp teeth, and it hissed a lot at me. Even though it seemed sort of standoffish, the dog didn’t really scare me. Then everything went all crazy. I somehow found myself helping the dog make a resume and it was all about looking for a job. It couldn’t speak at all, unless you count hissing. After the resume was complete, it took the resume and ran off. I ran after it, but it was too fast. At that point, I was sick of the dog anyways, and was happy it was gone. Eventually, it came back. I asked it(I never gave it a name) if it got a job, and it hissed at me. Next thing I knew, we were in a vet’s office and the dog was getting a check up. I asked the vet was the deal with the dog was. The vet looked at me and said “I don’t believe it is a dog? In fact I have no clue what it is. I also think it could be rabid.” I then looked at the “dog” and it gave me an evil look, and jumped me.

At this point, I woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep. I told you it was random. I felt the need to attempt to draw what it looked like. It was a cross between a dog and some other rodent, but I wasn’t sure what. After describing the animal’s head to a coworker, he told me it was probably a possum. I checked out Google to find a picture of a possum and it was a match to the head I dreamt of. I figured the rest of the body was a coyote, since they could be found in the desert.

I really should do a post on dreams one of these days, because I’ve been having weird ones of late.