Early this morning Kona woke up from a bad dream howling. She also woke the rest of us up of course. I got down beside her in the dark bedroom, hugging and soothing her as she whimpered and cried, poor pup. I could hear Freya talking to Brian, “what’s Kona doing?”

When Kona went back to her bed, I returned to my spot next to Freya, who was of course now awake. She asked for mommy milk. My supply has plummeted since I became pregnant, so we are, sadly, slowly weaning now. No milk at night anymore. I tried to change the subject a bit, and asked if she wanted to hear about the dream I just had.

I dreamed I was sleeping in a room in a house somewhere. I woke up and went to the door, and was surprised to see that it had been locked from the inside with a chain latch. I hadn’t locked it though, and there was no one else with me. I left the room and went down to where other people were. I explained the strange occurrence. In my dream, it was two in the morning and everyone was still up.

I went back to the room and started to open the door. But it felt like there was something in the way, pushing against the door from the other side. I kept pushing and then looked for what was blocking the door, but there was nothing there. I was freaked out, and left again. I went back downstairs and told the people that my room was haunted. But then I had to go up there one last time to get my phone. I went inside and started typing a message on my phone to someone, but then felt a strange presence behind me that was so spooky I just dropped the phone and hurried away. I decided I would sleep on the hide-a-bed sofa, and made some lame joke about “where did they hide the bed?”

I told this dream to Freya, and she replied with “Again?” which is what she often says when we read her books. I should make up stories for her more often.

After that it was time to try to get her to sleep. She suddenly became extremely cuddly, giving hugs and “I love you”s to me and Brian, then finally snuggling tightly to me and slipping off to sleep again.