I
often, as you probably know, have very strange dreams, that often stay with me
for the whole day and make me question my understanding of my own reality. Last
night and this morning, though, I had something happen that was unusual, even
for me. I had a dream that carried on between periods of being awake!
Let me explain - the dream in question involved me, for some reason, playing
tennis in a car park against a guy called Damian that I went to school with but
have had zero contact since, (so goodness only knows why he turned up in a
dream). It was a very windy day and we kept having to run off to collect the
balls, and I was about to launch a big serve his way (with the score at 40-15,
I believe) when I was woken up by my alarm going off. Now, at this point, in real
life, in my awakened state, I decided 'Sod it, I'll have another ten minutes'
and hit the Snooze button, which isn't normal behaviour for me, but I have been
feeling extra tired lately. But what happened next was, I found myself back in
exactly the same dream, at the exact point I had left it - standing in the car
park, facing Damian and about to serve. it was as if there'd been a quick
commercial break and we were ready to resume broadcasting. And that happened
TWICE MORE as well.
So I don't know whether I hadn't woken enough to break the dream, or whether
this is something that happens often to other people but I was unfamiliar with,
or whether I hadn't woken up at all and my alarm going off was just part of the
dream, or something else entirely.
I have a suspicion it might be a symptom of a brain tumour, but thankfully I've
been far too busy to look that up and worry myself.
In other news, I am going to have the house to myself for the next few days!
Philippa is meeting up with an old friend in North Norfolk, who has children a
similar age to our boys, and she's invited them to stay and have a proper explore.
I was invited too, I should add, but obviously I can't take time off work in the
holidays, so I shall be fending for myself until Saturday.
I
shall miss them terribly, but it does mean I should get some proper sleep!!
RC 6-8-25
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