In Dreams

In real life, I have 5 cats, but in my recurring dream I suddenly remember that I actually have SIX cats: there's one I haven't seen - or FED! - for months! I run aroound the house searching for the sixth cat. I know in my heart he must be dead, but I keep hoping - maybe he lived on mice? I never find him. I hate having that dream.

I have a perhaps-related recurring dream in which I discover that my house has more rooms than I thought. I go into a closet, or the pantry, and realize there's a door to another bedroom, and a luxurious third bath, and look, a hot tub! It goes on and on. How could all this have been here all these years and I never knew it? I love having that dream.