Last night I had this very vivid dream: I was in my classroom (Teacher in real life) and dismissed my students. I exited the back door of my classroom and discovered that the classroom was actually inside a mountain cabin in the middle of the woods (a real, idyllic place I had visited with my husband many years ago, before we were married). As I stepped down 3 steps onto the forest floor, I felt a little confused and I looked back and saw that my classroom was still there, empty and unchanged. Turning toward the woods, I saw a hammock close by and decided to rest. As I started to sit, I saw my husband coming out of the cabin to join me. He also stepped down the 3 steps toward me, but instead of the last step, there was now an alligator! I tried to warn him, but it was too late and he had already stepped onto the alligator's head, angering it so that it thrashed about and bit his leg to the bone. I felt instantly guilty as though I should have been faster; I should have been able to warn him. I rushed toward him, feeling helpless and not sure what to do, then awoke with a start.
Any ideas?