Mouse in the Kitchen

Date: 12/23/2024

I am sleeping in a low arm chair facing the cluttered kitchen counter and I dream of a glimpse of a mouse. I wake up and there's a real mouse, a big fat white mouse, sitting on the counter. I pick up a plate to shew it away, but it just moves slowly onto an element of the stove. I wish I had a bowl to slip over it, to trap it, but the plate is too shallow. I consider smashing the mouse with the plate, messy but possibly effective, a little cruel. Not sure if I have it in me. I try lifting the plate but I have dream paralysis. I am afraid the mouse will get away and hide in the cupboards. I manage to hit it with the plate but not very hard. It moves a few inches and turns to stare at me. It is not trying to get away. I try to swing the plate again but I cannot move my arm.