Early morning dream

I went to a classmate's house. He showed me a mother cat and her kittens (all generic black and white shorthairs). I cautiously approached and pet the mom. Then I pet several of the kittens. One in particular jumped onto my left shoulder and settled in. I pet and scritched for purrs, but had to tell the classmate, the mom cat, and the kitten that we already had a cat and I couldn't take any of them home.

This wasn't sad at all in the dream - it just was.

Turgid Date Night Drama

I met the wife near the office after work. We had a drink at a local bar, which was fine. Not outstanding but fine. The bar pre-pandemic was very finance-bro frat boy environment. It shifted after re-opening; I read a review that called it "Harry Potter-themed" - in reality, it's more classic English pub, brick and dark wood. Get your references right, kids. And get offa my lawn.

We then went to a local dim sum restaurant that is one of the few to still use carts. Sadly, when we got there we found out they were closed and aren't serving dinner! (Despite what their website said.) After some back-and-forth debate we went to a bayside seafood restaurant and had some overpriced oysters and a crab cocktail. They were fine, but not what we had our mouths made up for so it was still a bit disappointing.

The wife's feet were hurting so we called a cab instead of taking the bus home. Unfortunately, their dispatch has been unreliable; three of the last four times we called, they have sent the cab to the wrong address. (They are still better than many other cab companies, and I don't use Luber from lingering spite.) So our commute home took 20 minutes longer than it should have.