Big bulb and bad breath

I had a bizarre dream last night in which I was working in a lighthouse. I was sitting at a small desk, writing tide information and weather reports in a large book, and the sun was streaming in through the small, iron-framed window. The overnight shift had been quite quiet so there wasn't much to write about, but I seemed to be worried that the sunny morning was actually a precursor to a violent, stormy night ahead. It was very vivid. And it's not just the circumstances of that part of the dream, either - my character had a whole backstory that I was aware of, that involved an unfortunate bankruptcy after a traumatic divorce, and a problem with his hips caused by a fall from a horse in his late teens. Very odd. My beard was down to my chest, and very unkempt, and I was using strong whiskey as a mouthwash because I had forgotten to pack a toothbrush or any toothpaste. (Or maybe it was centuries ago and those things just weren't in existence yet.)
I never read too much into dreams, or what they might be telling me, but this one was very powerful. It also felt very comfortable, as if this was an existence that I could be very happy with.
I mentioned it at work, and one of our receptionist ladies (who, it must be pointed out, is a real 'angels are around us,' crystal-wearing type of woman in her late forties) told me it's probably a past-life thing, where one of the previous bodies that my soul inhabited is breaking through into the present day during my sleep. I smiled and thanked her and then cast that one aside as a load of old hokum. I think it's more likely to be a message from my future - I can genuinely see me ending up alone and cast out of society somewhere, in which case a job like a remote lighthouse keeper would be a winner. So maybe this dream was my subconscious mind's way of saying 'Don't worry, Rory, whatever happens in the next few years, you'll be fine. Even if Philippa leaves you and takes everything with her, you'll cope.'
But, you know, like I said, I don't like to read much into these things....

RC 12-12-23