Dream World

1/23/09
17:56

Just to clarify the times at which my blob says I post are not right, so just go by the date and time I give.  I haven’t changed my computer clock, which is still on West Coast time.  It helps me to remember what time it is for friends and family that way.

In the past few days we have had to set out clocks forward an hour every night.  Meaning I have had 23 hour days for the past three days.  I am tired.  I napped twice yesterday and truly struggled to stay awake during Global Studies, the class that all students and even some faculty must attend at 9:20 in the morning. 

During these naps I had some very strange dreams.

Dream #1:  I was at home, I think, taking pictures with my new camera and my dad wanted to check out the new camera.  After looking at it thoroughly he gave it back to me and I pressed a button to save my pictures but instead I deleted all of them.  All 7 pictures.  I was quite upset that the delete button was next to the save button and I cried.  But in the dream I was aware that I had only lost 7 pictures so it really wasn’t that big of a deal. 
*I think this dream is telling me to take more pictures and be sure to back them up.  I think I have literally taken 7 pictures.  I’m just not used to taking a camera with me whereever I go and documenting my life.  I’ll work on that while in port.

Dream #2:  In this dream I was on a ride at a zoo.  I was riding a miniature horse/donkey and it was taking me through this maze where different animals would bombard me and my ass (donkey, guys. Don’t be vulgar.)  I think there were pigs and then later there was a seal that was riding another animal. I can’t remember what animal it was riding.  I considered petting the seal but decided against it because I was under the impression that seals have very sharp teeth and I didn’t want to be scarred by seal teeth.  Soon I escaped the ride, only to find myself lost in the caves of the zoo and as I wound up through the caves I heard people chanting for one of the animal performers at the zoo.  It was a rather stressful dream
*I think some of this one has to do with my getting lost at the Atlantis as well as the safari I am taking in the near future.  Still very strange.

Dream#3 (by far the strangest one):  I was grocery shopping with Mara but we were outside in a forest and all the cans and boxes of food were set up along the wooded path we were traveling on.  My grocery cart was actually a lawn mower and it was hard to maneuver between and over all of the cereal boxes, (fitting that I was in the cereal “aisle” as I like cereal so much.)  I lost control of the lawn mower and it began to tumble down this huge hill where an old man was walking.  I shouted, “Head’s up!” and he raised his hand to block the mower.  Stupid move.  He hurt his hand, obviously.  Then I saw another old  man walking behind the first accompanied by his wife.  I shouted for him to watch out as well but he didn’t move in time and the lawn mower ran into his lower leg and broke it.  I was horrified and felt really guilty that I broke an old man’s leg, but then I started making excuses for how it isn’t my fault because the path was so bumpy with cereal boxes and who shops with a mower, anyway?
*Riddle me that one.

On a note that is more related to…well, reality, I got into Introduction to Painting and dropped the sociology class I was originally signed up for.  This is good and bad news.  Fortunately, this class will actually count towards my major or minor if I choose to do art. Unfortunately, the ship does not sell any of the art supplies the class requires.  I have yet to talk to the teacher about what I should do about this dilemma since my first day of class will be tomorrow.  Hopefully she has extras, or I can share, or perhaps Spain will have a good art supplies store.  Who knows.

Hmmm what else?  Nothing really worth taking note of, so I’m signing off.

H