Dream State Interrupted

It's peaceful this Sunday morning. The humidity is low and the temperature is tolerable. Sleeping with the windows open is very refreshing unless...you have the Possum Armageddon taking place just outside the window. There I snoozed dreaming of binary wristwatches and P4 hyperthreading processors when a screeching somewhere from just this side of the grave rattled the windows. Armed, I turned on the veranda light, hit the door and there was what I thought was Arnold, opossumus germanicus austriabodicus, raising holy hell with the neighbor's dog. The dog was doing low woof, woofs as it circled "my resident marsupial." 3:00am and there was a zoo in my yard at war. Fur was flying and the unfortunate wanderer was hissing and howling like a wet cat. Many sets of red, beady eyes could be seen in the periphery. Probably the feral cats Arnold ran up the trees a while ago that just had to come investigate all the noise.

Two more small dogs started up with yapping sounds when they saw me and then, low and behold, ANOTHER possum was spotted! It was standing by the fence that has been taken over by the wisteria growing in the oak tree. BTW, this is the ugliest fence in Saltillo and looks like a Munsters/Addams Family decoration in the wintertime. Pictures may follow, maybe not. Please remember, this Possum Apocalypso awoke me out of REM state. After pausing, shaking away the mental cobwebs and gathering my thoughts it was obvious what had happened. The stray possum had innocently wandered into the yard. The dogs delighted in jumping on it since they had been banned from this property some months ago by Arnold. Meanwhile, Arnold stood there amongst the wisteria and was laughing at the invader and encouraging the yappers to bark louder.

This brings a few thoughts to mind. Are the dogs really that stupid? Is there possible collusion between Arnold and the dogs? Do I need to seek a prescription for the well advertised Ambien sleep aid? Will they let me watch Friday night Sci-Fi on TV at the rest home?

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
-C.S. Lewis