The night before last, I dreamed I was on an expedition to the Arctic Circle. While standing on the ice, it turned into a "blue hole" (one of those circles of clear water that occasionally happen, but of course, never in the Arctic) which meant that the ice melted and we were underwater. I was going to drown if I didn't get up out of the blue water, but as long as I kept swimming, I could breathe water.

Then last night I dreamt I was on my way to a trade show for work. We had a 2:30 appointment, but at the airport on the way there, I had a problem. I was bringing a friend's puppy that I was watching with me, because the hotel said it was fine to bring the dog. His name was Joel. I had him on a little yarn leash, because he was so tiny. At the airport on the way to the hotel, I was chatting with a coworker and when I got to the top of the escalator we were on, I found with horror that the yarn was untethered and Joel had disappeared into the escalator! I was horrified that I'd find his mangled body and I called for help, running around trying to get an employee to help. When I finally found someone, I couldn't find the escalator, I wasn't sure which one it was. I then had a stress dream about missing the morning's appointment, never finding the dog, not being able to find the shower at the hotel, and not being able to check voicemail to see if anyone had found Joel. But - I'm happy to say, just before waking up, I remember going back to the escalator, shouting hopelessly for Joel ....and he ran up to me! Don't worry everyone, the dog was fine.