1/31/2008 Dream

I'm lying in bed, and i wake up and realize that there is something amiss in the house.  i'm not sure what it is, but i think someone has broken in.  i get out of bed, go into my office and grab a wooden log that has been carved into a short bat.  i also grab a sledge hammer, and the go downstairs.  all seems quiet and still, but when i get into the kitchen i see that there is a little light peeking out under the basement door.  I open the door and see that the bathroom door at the foot of the stairs is closed, and light is coming out from under that door.  i quietly go down the stairs, with the bat in my left hand and the sledge hammer in my right.  i put my hand on the door handle, and, gathering my breath, pull the door open.

 

just on the other side of the door is a large threatening man, standing there without a shirt on.  behind him is his son, and looking to my right, down by the furnace, is the man's grandson - a small child who is playing around the push mower.  i call out to the child - be careful - the blades are sharp and you'll cut yourself - but he dosen't listen, and falls on the blades, cutting his chest and arms.  but i can't worry about him, because now i'm in battle with this intruder.  i swing the sledge hammer at him, hitting him in the chest, and then i slam the door closed again and lean against it so he can't get out.  somehow i manage to hold the door closed and open the door to the outside.  the, stealing my will, i pull the bathroom door open again and try to corral the man and his son out of the basement - out the door i just opened to the outside.  I'm eventually able to manuver them out, and i slam the door closed behind them.

 

looking around i try to figure out how they got in - i see that there is an old wooden porthole/panel that was long ago painted shut, but which they were able to pry open and crawl in through.

 

i try calling 911 to report the buglery and assult, but am not able to get them on the phone.  i go outside and into the street and happen to see a police officer driving by, and am able to flag them down.  They agree to take my statement and to do an investigation.  the start at the front of the house, at the place where the front yard borders the street - there is a guard shack of some sort there, and the intruders have left their tools there - evidence that they were trying to get into the guard shack first.