Last night was a fitful night for me.  I woke up several time, would roll over, be too hot, be too cold, sweating, etc.  At one point I woke up and in the dark saw my daughter at the foot of my bed reaching for the dog, who was next to me, but he was awake, looking at her.

Now, Aidan used to wake up really early, come into my room and would get the dog and take him outside.  I finally told her to stop doing that because it would wake me up and he didn't need to go that early anyway.  Anyway, I figured that was what she was trying to do since I saw the hall light glowing underneath my bedroom door.  As I closed my eyes I said "Just leave the dog, he's fine" and drifted back to sleep.  I woke up to change positions again a bit later and the dog was still curled up next to me, it was still dark out, but the hall light was not on.  I

I hardly slept after that, it was one of those, I'm asleep but alert sleeps.  I do that when I wake up earlier than my alarm, but anticipate my alarm going off in an hour so I become paranoid when it doesn't go off because I think it's been an hour already.

Finally my alarm went off at 7:25, light was creeping into my windows, I heard my daughter getting ready for school.  Shortly after she came in for a hug and kiss and to say "Bye"

As she was leaving the room I remembered her waking me up trying to get the dog, so I called her back and asked her "Aidan, did you come into my room and try to get the dog this morning?"

"No Mom"

So who was the little girl at the foot of my bed?  Why was the hall light on?

Was I dreaming?  I'm pretty sure I wasn't ... so was I hallucinating?  Who knows, maybe, it was a fitful night.

Then there was that rose ...