Dreaming
Yesterday it was all sunny - the second day in a row. And almost all the snow melted. And I felt melty inside too. Happy that maybe, possibly winter would end soon. So this morning when I woke up, looked outside and saw big, fluffy snowflakes my heart broke. Seriously. I started crying. I hate Pennsylvania. I want to move south. Maybe if I were schizophrenic I could imagine that I lived somewhere else and pretend that place was warm. I would probably get frostbite. But so far it doesn't seem that I'm schizophrenic. We won't totally dismiss the possibility though.
So yesterday whilst writing an email to Ben I realized that I should keep track of all my dreams right now, because lately my dreams have been very vivid and a little crazy. So I started keeping a log. Here's a snippet from my last few nights.
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Feb 21, 2008 -- Last night I had a dream in which I gave a persuasive speech about why Barack Obama should be president. I received a standing ovation. Then Ben and I danced and sang to "I will go down with this ship." Then Ben did a cartwheel/round-off combo. We also stopped and saw several of our married friends, all of whom had babies. Some cuter than others. All of this was on Union's campus and Justin was there too. (But the teacher in the persuasive speech setting was Mrs. G, and she was definitely not for Obama.)
Feb 23 -- I had a dream that my grandma was in assisted living in Nashville and mom took me to see her. I helped feed her even though she could do it herself, and she was talking to me, and was all lively, much more so than the last times I saw her. The whole time I kept thinking, "this is so weird because she's dead."
Feb 24 -- I dreamed that Leslie, Sissel and I were going on a road trip, and then Athena showed up as a surprise. And she was so small that she had hidden in her luggage and had it delivered to Sissel's door. Also, for a time, my car was invisible because I had left it in drive when I got out of it.
Feb 25 – DM's dad was observing my class and my students were being really bad. Half of them weren’t there, the others wouldn’t listen to me. He told me that some of my students had been talking about plagiarizing their book reports off of myspace.
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So if I've told you any of my dreams in the last few weeks/months let me know so that I can write them down.
Those are milder and less stress-inducing than my dreams of a month or so ago. So I take that as a good sign.
The soundtrack for this post is The Cranberries "Dreams." In case you were wondering
2 comments:
Hello Lover,
I love hearing other people's dreams and remembering mine. I love that feeling when I know I am dreaming and it is absolutely crazy - I remember one where I was in a car with Brad and Lina and we were being chased by monkeys. Sometimes it feels so exciting and adventerous...and then you wake up and realize you have to go to work or it's snowing outside. I'm sorry the weather is playing havock on your emotions. Know that you bring sunshine into the lives of those around you no matter what. Are you guys going to be in Nashville this coming week? I am still in Kansas City. I've been sick all week so stayed home and worked on applications and resume. And guess what?? I finished it! I sent it in to ADRA and am 90% done with an application to Catholic Medical Mission Board. I am still going to apply to a few others. I won't be going anywhere for 2 months though. Not sure what I'll be doing in that time but feel ok about it. Your plans to Europe sound fun! I would love to go again...someday. *sigh* Love you!
I'm glad i'm making appearances in your dreams :) this morning (just now actually) i spoke with a lady named Christa Joy on the phone. I thought of you. hope your day is good!
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