AUTHOR: M. DATE: 1:58:00 PM ----- BODY:

My dreams are ridiculous these days. A few choice examples: Last night I dreamed that I *got out of bed, shoved the cat out of the way AGAIN, went into the kitchen, and poured and drank a glass of water. And then I woke up to find that the room was incredibly dry, so I (go back to * and repeat). Two nights ago I had a dream that I had *forgotten to order food for the four conferences I am organizing in the next three weeks. When I went to work that day my auxiliary brain informed me that I had (go back to * and repeat). And last week I had that dream that I have about once a week, where I am trying to leave the house, but I can't leave because *I have to keep going back for all these ridiculous reasons: I have the wrong color mascara on (apparently my subconscious knows more about makeup than my conscious mind), I'm having a clothing crisis, I've left without my shoes, I don't have anything to pack for lunch. It goes on and on and I'm late, but I just. cannot. leave. Then I woke up in the morning and* (you don't need the instructions again, do you?) What the hell? Aren't dreams supposed to be all subtle and veiled and mysterious, so that you can overthink them? And now what the hell am I going to talk about in my 75th therapy appointment of the month?

-------- COMMENT-AUTHOR: Shirky COMMENT-DATE:10:50 PM COMMENT-BODY:ha! in my dream last night I couldn't find any clean underwear. I'm no psychiatrist, but it might mean something about laundry. --------