Totally Freaky Dream!

So this morning I could not wake up...even with my cat/alarm clock, Willie, meowing in my face and headbutting me. I was in the midst of a freaky dream.

It started out sweet with and introduction by a friend to a new guy. This handsome stranger and I started walking the streets of the city in a new area, one I was not familiar with. It seemed more "old world," with booths of every kind: sellers of handmade jewelry, fresh produce, and stalls filled with cloth. I remarked that it reminded me of a Turkish Bazaar.

The date was going well. He was interesting and seemingly interested. We walked, laughed, tried weird food, kissed and held hands.

Then, suddenly we were separated. I hadn't noticed a crowd before, but I was thronged and couldn't find him anywhere. That panic took over, like when our moms went to the next aisle in the grocery store and we were too busy staring at the toys to notice. I was scared and searched everywhere. It seemed darker and much more foreign now. I felt the strong need to get back to where we had started in hopes that he was waiting there. Finally, I found the spot...

He was not there. As I walked through the more familiar part of the city to places I knew...I "discovered" that it was 20 years later. I had only been gone a few hours and I had lost 20 years of my life! In a flood of realization that could only come in dreams, I knew that my townhouse, my job, and my kitties would all be gone. I was terrified to look for my friends because I didn't know what they thought happened to me. I had only one real strong need and that was to find the stranger I had been with to see why he had done this to me. Did he get separated from me or did he ditch me in the other world? And can I go back to the way it was?

I spent the rest of the dream trying to remember what he had told me about his life for clues as to where I might find him. And then...

...I got a paw in my eye...a definite message to get the heck out of bed!