Analyze This

As I mentioned previously, my sleep patterns have not been right ever since summer break began. I don't think my body can handle all this free time. Granted, I could have been much more productive during this vacation - which may have resulted in more restful nights - but my response to that is most accurately expressed by clicking here.

I am still having bizarre dreams. The other night I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow only to wake up 15 minutes later wondering why all my shoes were in the canal outside. Fortunately I usually don't remember my dreams, but last night's lot stuck with me. And so I am sharing some of my unconscious weirdness with the world.

Dream One: I am in my classroom putting it together for the new year when parents start showing up to drop off their kids. They don't seem to be in the least bit bothered that school doesn't start for another week. Not only don't I have anything ready, but I'm still in my sweats and rearranging the furniture. My new little monsters start jumping all over everything, the parents disappear, and the other teachers are filing in and out asking me a series of questions, completely oblivious to the chaos going on around me.
File under: stress and guilt

Dream Two: I am walking down an unfamiliar street with The One who Got Away (TOGA). He is showing me around his hometown, and I realize in the dream that we are living there together now. I can't figure out how I got talked into this as I never had any desire to settle down in this city. As we are walking down the street, people keep stopping him to talk, and eventually I lose him in the crowd. I decide to find my own way home but I have no idea where I am and it is getting dark. I search everywhere for our neighborhood; I keep telling myself that if I can find our street, then everything will be fine. Just as I'm starting to panic, I find a cute little corner coffee shop. I go in to calm down and chat with some of the people there. Feeling better, I walk out of the coffee shop and see that it is now a bright, sunny day. I am wearing a bikini, carrying a beachtowel, and I am a block from my favorite beach back in NJ. I feel the relief wash over me as I walk towards the sand.
File under: regret and fear

Dream Three: A big group of us are going to some sort of show at an outdoor ampitheatre. I wind up all the way in the last row and I'm having a bit of a pout about it. Suddenly, The Brad comes walking up and sits down next to me. We proceed to laugh and talk and eat junk food and have a fabulous time. I have no idea if a show ever came on down below. Eventually we get so tired from all of our fun that I fall asleep on his shoulder and he puts his head against mine and dozes off as well, while everyone takes pictures of us with their cell phones..
File under: dreaming and wishing