by Natalie
So, I keep having these dreams. I'm in a foreign country, and I have to get home. On a plane. And I start freaking out, because I've never been on a plane before! But then I remember, "Oh, yeah. I DID take a plane to get here, and it wasn't that bad!"
The end.
Okay, those are some lame dreams. But I keep having them. They're always a bit different, whether it's the country, or how long I freak out before I remember, or whatever. Sometimes I have to go back to California, once it was because Paige had a cold. I guess what I'm saying here, for all the world to see, is that I'm kind of nervous about our upcoming flight. Yeah, it's 5 1/2 weeks away -- does that mean I'm going to dream these silly dreams up until then?
The other night I dreamed we (the ambiguous "we" that usually inhabit my dreams, plus Parker) were playing some game where we were splashing ice cubes from glass to glass, and Parker won with the most ice cubes -- there were probably 20 in his glass.
What's up with the boring dreams? Is my life so exciting (no, it's not) that I don't have interesting dreams any more? I've had them before -- I was a Persian princess, I was mind-linked to a dragon, and once I even saved BYU and the world at the same time. I hope they return, and soon -- I'm getting tired of the same old thing! :)
Here are some funny things that happen to me when I dream. I usually don't have recurring dreams -- I've only had two that I remember. I never continue my dreams. I never fly (maybe that will change after I really fly??). I have had the really-long-jump-that's-almost-flying dream, but only a couple of times. I usually don't dream about real people -- it's really rare. My little sister, Rachel, used to have to save the world every night, but I've only done that once... I guess it was someone else's turn. I usually don't have to run from anyone, but when I do it's never in slow motion; I always get away by the skin of my teeth. I never dream within a dream, and I never, ever wake myself up from a dream -- never question that it's really a dream.
So, what are some of your crazy (PG-rated, please) dreams? and dream habits?
Monday, February 11, 2008
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HAH!! I laughed my head off when I read this!
My strongest recurring dream is that I'm constantly running away from something, but I'm soooo weak that I keep falling down and can barely move. Then the impossible screen door, the bane of my dreams. I'm usually running away from some bad dude, and then I have to push open a screen door to be scott-free....but I'm so weak, I can't push the blasted thing open! These dreams fortunately disappeared for a time, only to return just a couple of weeks ago! I found myself outside, having left my daughter ALONE in the apartment, and I was trying to beat Nick home so he wouldn't find out I had been such a bad mother! I could see him driving along, so I tried to run...and the weakness was back! Darn dreams, they seem so real sometimes....
Other than that, I usually just have horrible dreams where I'm constantly doing something that stresses me out all night. On my mission I would dream of making phone calls and trying to schedule the week ALL NIGHT. At my last job I was constantly doing all the stressful tasks in my sleep. Gah! Why can't I just dream about a bunny or something? That's harmless and not stressful.
Grandma Smith: Are dreams hereditary? I have the same dreams that Christina described--running like crazy, but being so weak that I can't make any progress. I have actually dreamed I'm flying and flapping my arms like mad, only to discover that I'm scared to death of heights and freaking out mid-flight. Whoever wrote the song, "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" never had one of my dreams!
What Dreams May Come... never watch that movie! Talk about psycho...
I've had a lot of dreams I find myself in Iraq. There's always all the innocent people around, but I just know that the bad guys are about to ocme out of the wood work. I've even shot people in the dreams as they come after me *shiver*.
Too bad the bullets don't seem to do much.
Oh, my goodness -- dreams. Normally, I'd say don't get me started, BUT. I had to chime in when I read what Christina wrote about bunnies, and that being harmless and not stressful. I just had to laugh, because the first dream I can ever recall had bunnies in it. I was about five years old, I think, because I remember being in Kindergarten when I had this dream. My whole family was a family of bunnies. And we were going along our happy little life when our house caught on fire! And I wanted to get out of the house, and I told my mom we needed to get out because the house was on fire, and my little sister was sleeping upstairs and we needed to get her out, and the fire was coming and we just needed to get out! But my mom just said, "No, honey, we'll wait until your father gets home." And I was so scared! Scared that our house was going to burn, and scared that my sister was going to die, and that we all were going to die, and all my mom said was, "We need to wait until your dad comes home before we do anything."
Bunnies harmless and not stressful? Ask a five-year-old!
It's only happened twice, but a couple of times I've been mad at Joel in my dream, and then I STAY MAD AT HIM the next day. It usually wears off by about noon, but sometimes it's so realistic I just can't help myself!
Okay, okay, you win! Bunnies CAN be scary and stressful! That actually reminds me of a conversation Marcie and I had with our sister, Melissa. She was troubled for some reason, so we said to her, "Just think happy thoughts, like flying ponies." Her face began to relax, but then I got a mean idea and added, "But wait! Ponies CAN'T fly! OH NO! They are falling to the earth! *splat!*" Her look of horror was pretty classic! Moral of the story? You can make ANYTHING scary and stressful!
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