12:15 a.m. - 2005-02-03
yeah, so...dream and stuff.
I should have written this down sooner, but I got distracted. By Canasta!
I admit it. I'm addicted to card playing. I'm considering learning how to play bridge so that I have someone to play cards with. My dad would be so thrilled, too.
Anyho. Ze dream:
I visited the zoo with some friends, and actually went into one of the exhibits. It was a natural habitat with a tree in it. I can't remember what animal lived there.
My friends and I went into the tree. The inside seemed familiar to me. For some reason, it seemed like a house I stayed in while I was in Germany, although now that I'm awake it really doesn't look anything like any of those houses. I mean, it was inside a tree.
There was a hallway in the tree, and at the end of the hallway was a restroom. I went into the restroom and closed the door. It was a heavy plastic...curtain? Like the divider on my washing machine and dryer. There was a handle on one side that latched into the wall to keep it closed. To lock the door, you had to hook up the handle between the door and the wall, then scramble the combination lock. The combination was written right on the lock, and it was 424. I thought it was silly to have a combination lock on a bathroom door, but then I noticed that almost every number was a 4 or a 2, so it would be really hard to not be able to get out.
I looked around the bathroom and saw a vanity table with wicker baskets in it. It was nice looking, but I remember thinking it was different than I'd seen it last...except I'd never seen it before.
I used the bathroom, and as I reached for the toilet paper, I looked to my left (at the wall opposite the door). It was a giant patio window, overlooking a lake. On the other side of the lake (which was small) was an apartment complex. I could see into the apartments. Someone was rollerblading on the patio outside their apartments and saw me and asked me to watch. It was a teenage girl.
When I left the bathroom (424), I went back down the hall to where my friends were. They were playing charades with a koala bear who was wearing a red jacket with white buttons. He was fluffing up the fur on his chin to look like a big white beard. I said, "It's Santa Claus!"
Then everyone was like, "Ooooh, now I see it." And the koala looked happy, so I guess I was right. I'd meant it as a joke, but that really appeared to be what he was imitating.
Someone asked me where the restroom was, and I walked down the hall to show them. When we got there, the opposite wall had changed. Instead of a giant window, there was a regular wall with a bed against it. Some young guy (in his 20s) wearing a business suit was sitting on the bed, singing the trumpety part of "The Final Countdown" by Europe at the top of his lungs.
Later, I was watching TV and saw an episode of "Love, American Style". It was updated to a modern version, and it had something to do with a beach. Something about the beach bothered me - the water was coming up to the shoreline in a straight line.
Aaand, that's all I remember. Just imagine what it'd be like if I'd written it down while it was still fresh!
In other news, there's very little other news. I'm going to try to set up another intermittent FMLA that I can use to call in when I feel sick, just to cover my ass and keep from getting fired for attendance issues or something.
Did I mention that the hospital did a follow-up call? I don't think I did, and I'm too lazy to look right now. Turns out, I wasn't supposed to be awake for the dilitation. The nurse that called me said that the drug they gave me should have knocked me out enough to not remember any of what was going on. Damn it! I want the rest of the drugs that I was supposed to get. I'll use them the next time I have to go to a meeting at work.
So yeah, I'm playing lots of card games online, and knitting, and working overtime, and trying not to get sick. We're pretty low on groceries right now, so there's not a lot to get sick on, which is good. Protein shakes, popcorn, veggie patties, cheese.
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