Dreams

I arrive at a vacation lodge in a small motorboat and as we pull into the dock leading to a metal staircase going up, an alligator plops down from above and lands in the water right next to the boat. It is a large creature, probably six feet from nose to tail.

It promptly swims off and I look up to see my ex-husband and my son leaning out the window above us looking down. "It's safe, don't worry." He yells.

I go inside and they show me to my room.  It is simple and plain, but more than adequate and I am surprised at the affection I feel because I was invited here. I give him a hug and ask if it is safe here. He assures me it is, but I notice wooden baby gates across all the doorways and looking down from the landing I think I see an alligator tail disappearing around a corner down there.

I wonder when he started running a vacation lodge and I also wonder where the other people are.