Cat Barf

Dream, 8/07/2008

I dreamed that I was in the basement of the house I grew up in, with my brother Buddy's sons and a couple of their friends. They were wanting to play with some things in the garage. I said, “See that cat barf there and there? If you clean that up, you can play with those things.” Almost immediately after they started to clean it up, one of them stepped in it, and then I did also. I got us a bunch of paper towels for our feet, then we went to the bathroom and started to wash up. The sink was extravagant, and way too high off the ground. I said, “Your dad did this. He's tall, so he built it too high. He didn't think about other people's height.” Shortly after this, I woke up.

Within one minute of being awake, I stepped in some cat barf. This is definitely a rare occurrence, too. Even though we have several cats, and they do barf occasionally (hairballs), I'm careful about such things. This particular cat barf was just a few spots of dark (mostly dry) splatter next to a bigger pile that had gotten covered up. The point is, it was very difficult to see, and it was right in my path, so I stepped in it. I'd say it's been several months at least since I've stepped in cat barf, and I've never dreamed about stepping in it. I don't know why such a minor event would be presented as a prophetic dream other than perhaps just to point out to me that I'm having them more often lately.