July 17, 2025, Evo Numy
Green peninsula Stefan Kunze on Unsplash
Rat Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash
Cat Ben Griffiths on Unsplash
Strawberries Roberto Barresi from Pixabay
I dreamt.
Part I - Strawberry
I was playing Civilization 6 as Japan. My perk was generating Settlers instantly. I named my civilization ‘Strawberry.’ I spawned on a very large peninsula, there were no other players on this peninsula. I settled five cities quite quickly. After settling the 6th city, I was not able to generate any more Settlers. I guess there was a cap of six Settlers for my perk.
I was very mad and disappointed because I had only settled half of the peninsula. I wanted the whole peninsula to be covered by ‘Strawberry.’
Part II - Rat
My partner and I were in the carport. He was working on his car and I was standing by. I noticed there was grass growing out from the siding of our house so I started pulling it out. More and more came out so I grabbed a shovel and lifted up the siding a little to scrape it. Lots of dirt came out, I was weirded out.
I decided to remove the siding and look under. Under the house were rows of dirt and many rats. One ran at me and bit my left big toe. It stung. I freaked out and woke up.
Part III - Cuddly Cat
I dreamt once more.
I was cuddling and petting my black cat, Kiki. She was having a wonderful time. I could read her thoughts: this is the best pets I’ve ever had.
I awoke.