I had a dream that Target had its own airline.
Planes would land and pull right up to the airport level of the store. It all had that stylized, white-on-white aesthetic like something from their t.v. ads.
They also offered petsitting. So you could drop your dog off for boarding and then go upstairs to board a plane.
Which is what we had planned to do in the dream. However, when we looked past the trendy waiting room furniture, we saw that the “kennels” were barely bigger than the dogs. They looked more like mesh organizer cubbies that belonged on sale in late August with the rest of the dorm room essentials.
We could not leave Quijote in such cramped quarters. I started scrambling to find somewhere else for him to stay and trying to figure out how we could take him to another place and still get back to Target in time to catch our flight…
Have I mentioned that I had this dream as we were getting ready to fly to Chicago and leave Quijote overnight for the first time? And that I knew we’d have to take him to the real-life boarding place first thing in the morning (and I’m not great at mornings) and then rush to the airport?
Yeah, I was anxious about how it would go.
In reality, however, Quijote stayed at his regular doggie daycare spot and did really well. Phillip and I made it to Chicago.
And, so far, Target is not in the airline business.
I guess travel anxiety can take your mind some wild places.
