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I dream about my past homes frequently.

I will dream about our Bellaire home 6 times a year. I think it is because they tore it down and I know I can never go back. I also worry that things got left there; it was such a hasty move and what if a bag of stuffed animals was in the attic, or a box in a closet. I don’t have a memory of that house empty. Just the one. Mom and dad brought us to look at a house, I was in fourth grade. It had hardwood floors and a pond/waterfall in the back yard. They asked us if we liked it, and right there I realized we were moving.

Last night I dreamt of The Shack. I don’t know why I feel nostalgic about the shack, it was a dank little hole. I try and remind myself of the first year I didn’t have air conditioning… in Abilene… in the summer. Me and poor Leah painting every surface in the heat. Or the bathroom door that wouldn’t close, that gross, strange shower; the possessed fridge! Even all that and I think of me and Abbey in our little shack, and Sneaky the stray, all the windows and short walk to school.

I guess we all want to get back.

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But before we were dreaming, I was trying to fall asleep and my mind wanders. Rigby was already on the bed and we were waiting on Abbey. David can fall asleep instantly… my attempt to keep him awake till I get sleepy. :D

A-If one of our cats had a secret lair in the basement which would it be?
D- Abbey, I guess.
A-If one of our cats was a secret spy which would it be?
D-Abbey.A-I think Rigby, the adorable baby is just an act.
D-Like a Kaiser Soze?
A-Yeah! He probably goes to his secret room and wears a bowtie and drinks Cattinis- shaken, not stirred, and drives a tiny, gray sports car.
D-Maybe.
A-Is Abbey Rigby’s Q?
D-No, she is M.
A-What is Rigby’s James Bond name?
D-(some theoretical discussion on whether James Bond is the given name for the 007 position)
A-Who is the villain?
D-DunnoA-Maverick?
D-I guessA-What would Maverick’s villain name be?
D-(some long explination, he doesn’t remember this morning, about his favorite bond villain)A-Ok, Mav Blofeld.
D-Well if Abbey has a basement she is Q, if she has a penthouse apartment she is M.A-Which one is Moneypenny?
D-The secretary.