The full moon always rewards me with bizarrely stimulating dreams, at least those I can recall beyond the thirty second mark upon awakening. This time around was no exception. I saw my beloved kitty cat Rowdy for the first time since the last time I saw her. While I had a literal plethora of cats in my life ( my family took in a lot strays, much to the chagrin of my dear poppa), Rowdy stood out from the rest. We encountered each other during extremely trying times in our lives, me in the Dreaded Depths of Despair and she, a frightened little thing who ended up on my doorstep one winter's night after who knows what in her short life. She was as neurotic as I had been at that time (worse than now), but we instantly became each other's emotional support animal before that was even a thing.
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In the dream, I discovered Rowdy in the waiting room of a veterinary clinic for some unknown reason. She was in the arms of the wrestler CM Punk who gazed at me with intensely suspicious eyes as I approached. While he held her gently, but it did appear he had been about to apply a sleeper lock on my sweet kitty. I briefly explained my history with her which caused him to lighten up a bit and allow me to stroke her fur, calling her my baby girl as I always had. I had to ask why she was at the vet and Punk told me she had swallowed a diamond. Confused, I had to know how that happened. He shrugged and said, "I dunno. Maybe it fell into her food."
That's about all there was to it. Not much of a dream, except for the sweet, yet way too swift reunion the two of us had in the dream world of the full moon. What did it all mean...the diamond, the clinic, CM Punk? Don't know. Don't care. But seeing my beautiful Rowdy once again, even in my REM state, gave me a necessary boost in my waking life, however temporary. After all these years, she still has that therapeutic effect on me. Am I pretentious enough to elevate her to the exalted status of my spirit animal? Nah. But I can't deny the effect she still has on me to this very day nor will I ever. After all this time, I still love my baby girl.
