To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

A dream has power to poison sleep. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Mutability"

I'm totally blank this morning -- random and a bit tired. Have been having odd dreams (which is the norm for me, really), like the one about the giant tomato plant ("Feed me, Seymore!") that was covered with green tomatoes, but all the tomatoes had wasp eggs on them (the white wasp eggs that are usually on the tomato worms).



In the dream I was facing not only pruning the plant (and it didn't want to be pruned), but washing off every single tomato, carefully so it wouldn't fall off the plant.

I've also had my waiting tables dream -- one I usually have when I'm feeling overwhelmed. I was a good waitress... I'm not bragging, I really was -- but in my dream, I have so many tables I can't keep up, and I forget things and my customers aren't taken care of. It's incredibly stressful and I wake up exhausted.

I could really get into having a night's sleep where I just SLEEP and wake up rested. *sigh*

Do you have vivid dreams?

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You Are Focused

You refuse to give in when you're set on accomplishing your goal. You are ambitious. You don't mind putting in the hours, especially if the payoff is good. You are a loner and prefer to keep to yourself. You love solitude. A bit shy and introverted, you tend to stay quiet - even if you're feeling social.

The Birthday Cupcake Test

About 90% right.

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Smart Dogs and Weird Dreams

Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. ~Peter Mere Latham

I dreamed last night that I was running my daughter in agility. There were hurdles and obstacles all around a room, only the hurdles were too high and she kept knocking them over.

Freud would probably have a field day with me.

Tonight is agility night, and we have to go because DD promised to run another woman's dog while she was on vacation. This means I have to leave my dog behind and go to agility without her. I already feel terrible and don't even want to think about the look on her face when we shut the door and drive off without her. It's almost as if we're committing doggie adultery.

Speaking of Dakota, she's on antibiotics and hates the pills. They're pretty small, so I've tried hiding them in bits of food, but last time she had pills she bit into one in the middle of a chunk of meat and now suspects anything I give her. So the last two days, I've just been sticking them down her throat and using a liquid syringe to give her a little water to make her swallow.

The result of that? As soon as I open the cupboard with the pills, she hides. Never mind that I have her food (she gets the pills at her meals), never mind I bought her roast beef, never mind any of that. The cupboard opens, she leaves.

There are days I hate smart dogs.

So, now I'm going to have to remember to get her pills out in the middle of the day... just leave it sitting out somewhere an hour or so before her meals. Though I'm a little afraid she's just going to eventually stop eating.

I had a friend whose dog wouldn't take pills for anything, until her mom accidentally dropped one on the floor and the dog pounced and swallowed before she could pick it up. From the moment on, her mom would pretend to be making some meal at the counter and then "accidentally" drop her meds on the floor. Worked every time.

See -- dumb dogs rock.

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You Are Silver

You are down to earth and unpretentious. You don't feel like you need to show off, and you're very secure with your place in the world. You are understated and elegant. You carry yourself with poise, and you're more known for what you don't do than what you do. You can fit in anywhere from a country western bar to a black tie gala. You are adaptable and adventurous. You are blind to social class and background. You see people as who they are ... not as where they came from or how much money they have.

Are You Silver or Gold?

Not sure about the elegant part, but the rest is pretty right on.

Dream a Little Dream

Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language. ~Gail Godwin

Woke up tired. Hate that...

Had weird dreams all night.

In one, two other friends and I dressed up like older, formerly famous has-been stars (I was Phyllis Diller) in order to get a free room at a hotel. Once there, I took a shower, but was shocked and amazed at all the gizmos in the bathroom, like heated tiles (that may be because MY bathroom has ICE COLD tiles in the morning to the point it's almost painful to walk on them -- I dance around on the bathmats).

In another, I had these new neighbors who made themselves at home in my house. Everytime I turned around they were in MY house: using the bathroom, raiding the fridge, watching TV, and never announcing their presence until I ran into them.

There were more (including one about a broken CD that I wouldn't throw away and prized more than just about anything -- almost had a breakdown when someone tried to take it from me).

My subconscious is a scary place.

Any weird dreams you've had lately that you'd like to share?

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I used the Facebook Year in Status application to get this:



Kinda fun!

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Your Four Sided Personality is ADCG

Side 1 of your personality is assured. You carry yourself with confidence and demand attention. Side 2 of your personality is devious. You are calculating and enjoy being a little wily. Side 3 of your personality is cool-headed. You aren't swayed by emotional appeals. Side 4 of your personality is gregarious. You love to meet and converse with all sorts of people.

The Four Sided Personality Test

Pretty much right.

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