Sometimes I dream without a seam between the dream and reality: for example, I will dream that the alarm goes off, I get up, do my morning things and go about my daily routine. Then, when the alarm goes off for real and I start through the daily routine, I have this odd deja vu going on because...I already took my allergy pill, didn't I? Wait, wasn't this outfit I chose hanging right here a moment ago?
Last night this happened. I dreamed that I woke up in the middle of the night needing to pee, not an unusual occurrence, and when I sat down...okay, I need to explain the layout of the master bath. When you are seated on the toilet, you are facing the door to the bedroom and the rest of the bathroom is off to your right. Well, in the dream when I sat down, the door was pushing right up against my knees. This was weird because in reality it's a couple of feet away. I squirmed around, wondering if I was seated oddly or something, but no, I was situated as I should be in order to perform the task which had compelled my visit, but the door was smushing my knees. So I did what I'd come to do, went back to bed, woke up Alan and told him the bathroom was shrinking.
Not surprisingly, he did not take my concerns seriously. He muttered stuff like, "that's impossible", "don't be ridiculous" and "go back to sleep, sweetie". I was not amused, because, dammit all, our bathroom was shrinking, which was serious because it was no Taj Mahal of a bathroom to start with, and something needed to be done! He was unmoved, however.
With the cold clear light of the morning, I knew the part about the bathroom shrinking had been a dream, but I wasn't entirely certain about the part concerning waking Alan to complain about it. So I told him, "I had this weird dream last night..."
When I'd finished, he said, "So did you really wake me up and fuss about the bathroom, or was that part of the dream?"
"I, uh, I was hoping you'd know."
"Well, I don't remember anything about it, which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but let's go with 'you were dreaming'." This last was said as he opened the refrigerator to put his dirty OJ glass away, instead of putting it into the adjacent dishwasher.
We were SOOOO made for each other.
Last night this happened. I dreamed that I woke up in the middle of the night needing to pee, not an unusual occurrence, and when I sat down...okay, I need to explain the layout of the master bath. When you are seated on the toilet, you are facing the door to the bedroom and the rest of the bathroom is off to your right. Well, in the dream when I sat down, the door was pushing right up against my knees. This was weird because in reality it's a couple of feet away. I squirmed around, wondering if I was seated oddly or something, but no, I was situated as I should be in order to perform the task which had compelled my visit, but the door was smushing my knees. So I did what I'd come to do, went back to bed, woke up Alan and told him the bathroom was shrinking.
Not surprisingly, he did not take my concerns seriously. He muttered stuff like, "that's impossible", "don't be ridiculous" and "go back to sleep, sweetie". I was not amused, because, dammit all, our bathroom was shrinking, which was serious because it was no Taj Mahal of a bathroom to start with, and something needed to be done! He was unmoved, however.
With the cold clear light of the morning, I knew the part about the bathroom shrinking had been a dream, but I wasn't entirely certain about the part concerning waking Alan to complain about it. So I told him, "I had this weird dream last night..."
When I'd finished, he said, "So did you really wake me up and fuss about the bathroom, or was that part of the dream?"
"I, uh, I was hoping you'd know."
"Well, I don't remember anything about it, which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but let's go with 'you were dreaming'." This last was said as he opened the refrigerator to put his dirty OJ glass away, instead of putting it into the adjacent dishwasher.
We were SOOOO made for each other.
2 Comments:
That sounds like something that would happen in our household.
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Anonymous, at 7:12 AM
Good to know we're not alone!
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Helly, at 11:33 AM
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