I had another dream
last night, and when I woke up, a real scare.
In the dream I was visiting the previous owner of my house
at the nursing home, only in the dream the owner wasn’t a sweet old lady, he
was a man, and he wasn’t old, he was a young man with a dark hair – very good
looking in fact. I remember that he was wearing a funny jacket with old-fashioned
elbow patches. I was there to find out about the shoebox, but he was very
agitated and didn’t listen to me. The place was brightly lit, it was sunny
outside, but he was still very anxious and wanted me to turn all the lights on.
He kept going on about the place being too dark. I remember being certain that
all the lights were on already, but that didn’t calm him down. In the end he
was screaming for me to turn the lights on. I was also starting to freak out, starting
to think that something horrible was coming to take us away, and that’s when I
woke up. I was really thirsty, I got up from bed and went to get a glass of
water. In the hallway, coming back, I suddenly saw a dark silhouette of a man
outside the window. I must have screamed aloud. My heart stopped for a moment.
I dropped the glass (luckily it didn’t break, it’s one of my favorites). I was
really frightened. I rushed through the house, turning on all the lights. My
first impulse was to dial 911, but after a moment that felt silly. I told
myself that I must have imagined the whole thing, seen my own reflection in the
window. Of course, with all the lights on inside, I couldn’t see anything
outside anymore. I ended up calling a friend of mine, Joss, who lives nearby,
waking him up. He was kind enough to come over and check the place. Bless him.
Joss’s a real angel. There was no sign of anyone outside.
Today I’m definitely going
buy some yard lights, I’ve been meaning to do that for some time already.
