Its in the kiss

The other day I was so tired I went back to bed for an hour or so after Ken left for work. Sadie and Max typically sleep in their crates at night but if I take a nap during the day they are happy to crash out on the bed with me, that morning was no exception. Have you ever had a dream that was so real that when you woke up you weren’t sure if it was a dream for a second or two?

In my dream, Ken stopped back at the house after going into the office. I didn’t realize he came home until he was standing over the bed and giving me a kiss. In the dream he explained that his work schedule got rearranged and instead of jobs to the south, he had been assigned a job to the north so he thought he’d stop back by the house, refill his coffee cup and steal a kiss or two. He told me to stay in bed and he’d call me later and then he gave me another little kiss and left. It was just a sweet little dream and something very typical of Ken, not out of character at all. Weird that I wouldn’t hear him come in the door because the dogs would have gone nutso because they were happy to see him jumped up and down and slobbered all over his face but hey, this was MY dream. So I told Ken about it:

Ken: awwwwwhhh how sweet

Me: it just felt so real, you being there and the kiss and everything

Ken: you do realize that it was probably Sadie slobbering on you as you slept; you know she loves to give kisses slobbery kisses

Me: Way to ruin a sweet dream

Ken: (laughing) was it just a kiss on the lips or was there tongue in your mouth? If there was tongue in your mouth it was Sadie for sure, but just a little kiss on the lips, then it was probably Max.

Me: Oh you’re probably right, when I woke up later Max was laying with his head on the pillow next to me, he could have heard me mumbling in my sleep and licked my mouth to see what was going on.

We laughed for a second and I reflected on the dream for a minute and the reality of what probably triggered the dream.

Me: Ewwwwwwwwwwhhh I can't believe I got dog slobbered in my sleep and thought it was YOU!