Thursday, April 30, 2009

Oh, to dream ...


Do you remember your dreams? I do and they're usually pretty vivid. Before Rick found out he had sleep apnea, he never remembered his. He does now, but not nearly as much as I do. Last night was a doozy for me. I took some Tylenol Sinus Nighttime right before bed, so I don't know if that had something to do with it. Also, one of my dreams was related to one of my fears that I listed on Facebook last night, so that's creepy.

The first dream was really strange. I was in a house, or some sort of church, when I started singing or humming some song. For those of you who are familiar with a Christian's belief of the Rapture, that's exactly what happened. I kind of fell over, but instead of falling to the floor, I went vertical and then began floating upward very fast. I knew what was happening. I tried to say, "Yes", but it came out as, "Yee-ahh-ugg" I'm pretty sure I said that aloud too because I woke up just as I said it. Rick didn't say anything to me, but he did roll over, so I must have said something weird.

Soon after I had another dream where Rick & I were in our room. I looked over at the door and a strange man had just walked in. I can still picture his face. Rick got up and the guy pulled out a pocket knife. Some sort of fight broke out, but now I can't remember what happened. I had another weird dream about being in a casino and then in a shower right afterwards. Weird! Last night I listed some fears on Facebook and home invasion was one of them, so maybe that's where this dream came from. A few weeks ago I had a similar dream where I was moaning in my sleep. Rick woke me up and asked what was wrong. I told him someone just walked through the front door. I've never seen Rick get up so fast before. He searched the whole house. I was either still asleep when I said it, or the dream was so real that I believed it when I woke up. That one really freaked us both out.

So, here it is morning -- and even with my 2nd cup of coffee, I feel really exhausted. Between the sinus medicine and all the freaky dreams, I'm kind of out of it. It's not a good day for me to feel this groggy because I have some bank people coming by to do an appraisal on the house today. I need to get stuff picked up so they can take pictures, in addition to school for the day. I guess I better get hopping and get stuff done.

Do weird dreams stay with you all day like they do for me?

8 comments:

  1. If they're particularly vivid, yes, they do stay with me all day. I can't remember the last time that's happened, though.

    Gale

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  2. Yes Rena -- when I have a nightmare I get that weird, unsettled feeling for the rest of the day. I used to have a recurring dream -- that someone would be hurt, and I'd try to call 911 but no one would answer my call. Strange....not sure what that was about. Anyway, last September, my son took a hard fall off the playgound and I did call 911, and they DID answer almost immediately. I haven't had that dream since.....

    Neen

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  3. Those are scary Rena. I hope they ease up a bit and you feel better as the day goes on.

    Nancy

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  4. I rarely remember my dreams - except when I take cold or allergy medicine. Why are the dreams we get when taking meds disturbing? Mine scare the bageebies out of me!

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  5. My husband always remembers his dreams - me, almost never. But I have had a few dreams that seemed sooo real. I know what you mean.

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  6. Wow! That was a wild dream. If a dream is really strong for me, I write down the jist of it thinking it might inspire a story one day.

    But then last fall, I had a dream that I couldn't get out of my mind. It ended up being the inspriation for my current paranormal WIP.

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  7. Scary! I hope maybe your dreams settle down after you finish your medication? That can do weird things to your sleep.

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  8. Wow - those are vivid dreams! And creepy too!

    I remember alot of what I dream and when I tell Vince (who is the only one who really has to listen to me babble! lol) I seem to go into a lot of detail.

    The worst is having the same dream over and over. And they are usually always bad! As a child I dreamt that I was being attacked by a turtle - I haven't had the dream in over 30 years and I still remember it.... and I still don't like turtles!

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