I’m not actually back yet - still wading through photos - but I’ll leave this here.
Other people's dreams are mostly boring, and it's fine to look at the oldish photo and move on.
I've had a couple of extra-vivid dream images stick with me after waking up lately. I used to have horrible nightmares when I was younger, and mostly don't anymore, but sometimes I still have dreams that feel realer than life.
Both of these have to do with travel, and aren't bad at all, just weirdly specific.
In the first, I had checked in to a hotel by myself, and found detailed instructions in the room about how to call down to the desk if needed. Like, a script:
Hello, my name is JANET ANDERSON, in Room 602, and I would like MORE TOWELS, please.
That seemed a little odd, but the striking thing was that the instructions were on ditto paper, which is similar to carbon paper. I haven't seen or touched a copy like that since grade school, but the very particular feel of it was instantly recognizable, thin and slightly shiny. I folded it up and put it in my pocket with needless stealth.
This morning, I dreamt that I was on a trip and getting ready to leave in a rush. I had a pile of luggage, and when I moved the bags it turned out I had an adorable little dog that I had completely forgotten about. He was under the luggage but fine. In fact, he was sound asleep.
He was a small light-brown dog with curly fur, and he was dreaming and talking in his sleep. It didn't seem especially strange that he was talking, but I was struck by what he said. He was moving his paws the way dogs sometimes do when they dream, and saying, "Mama leg, baby leg. Mama leg, baby leg."
Then I woke up, thinking "Mama leg, baby leg," which doesn't have any special meaning for me but is a memorable phrase.
Happy Sunday, and have you had any unusual dreams lately?
