I’ve been setting my alarm for 5:30 am in an attempt at getting to work on time. What has actually been happening is that I hit the snooze button for an hour and still wind up plopping my butt down at my desk the usual 2-3 minutes past 8:00.
What amazes me about the snooze time is that so much can happen in those magical nine minutes before the alarm goes off again. I can actually get back into a deep sleep and let my imagination run amok. In just nine minutes, I somehow manage to insert myself into a number of wacky scenarios in which I would never find myself during waking hours.
Just this morning I had a short dream in which I was a spy. I had a rendezvous with Sydney Bristow from “Alias” and she was a bit miffed with me for being late (obviously a little real life inserting itself here). She asked me to follow her into a building and of course we didn’t use doors or stairs because no one on “Alias” enters a building in a conventional way. Sydney leaped through an open window and I stared in horror as she fell several stories before a harness, which I didn’t even realize she was wearing, caught her fall.
She somehow managed to return the harness to me, and as I looked at it I realized what she was asking me to do. “Um, yeah. You wouldn’t happen to know the tensile strength of this thing, would you?” I asked.
It would seem that I can’t even have a fun dream without bringing my baggage along for the ride. Or maybe being fat is such a part of my identity now that it’s impossible for me to imagine myself in any other way. Whatever the case, you won’t see me donning a leather catsuit and red wig anytime soon.
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Allen requires the snooze often each morning and I am always amazed at how fast I can drop into a dream in that 9 minutes. Yes, they can get crazy…but you may have me topped for the moment.
What a fun dream!!! I agree with you- DH is on summer hours so I’ve adjusted the time I get up (after him instead of before) and the extra couple minutes are amazing! I loooove Alias!!! In the movie of my life my husband can be dreamboat MICHAEL VARTAN!!!!!
He is my absolute favorite!
Lindsay-Ooh, Michael Vartan. Tres hot. I loved him in “Never Been Kissed.”
I also loved “Alias.” I started watching it around the fourth season and had to catch up with the storyline via DVD. Great show!
By the way, how can I subscribe to your feed via e-mail? Do you have that on your page?
Mama Bear-I’ve had crazier dreams than that!
I always sleep until the last possible moment. I have many times set out with the intention of getting up early to exercise…not a chance!
I am like you and always amazed how quickly I can fall into a dream. I have the craziest dreams. In some I wake myself up from yelling at people (I guess I should take that as a sign to speak up more when I’m awake???)
I told him he is missing so much. I don’t know what I’d do or how I’d figure out life’s problems without dreaming.
The sad thing is Dave has never ever, ever remembered a dream of his so he gets no delight in hearing my craziness and why sometimes I just want to sleep a little longer to find out what happens.
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