I was reading a post on http://silverneurotic.blogspot.com/ about dreams, and it reminded me of a few things. I'm not even sure that I should write about this because it' kind of embarrassing, but here goes...
I'm an artist, and as such I have a very creative mind and a powerful imagination. Usually this is a good thing; it helps me write and paint, but when I'm asleep, I can't control it. I dream a LOT - almost every night I have multiple dreams. And they are VERY realistic. Unfortunately, about 80% of my dreams are nightmares, and I have no idea why. : (
I used to sleepwalk too, but that stopped when I was still very young. Until this one incident happened...
Years ago, my dog found a white mouse. I have no idea where it came from, but it was cute, so I decided to keep it for a pet. I named it Velveeta Mousekavitch (or Mousy, for short). It lived for about two years, and then it got sick and died. I must have been pretty upset about it at the time, because the next night I had a very strange dream. I'd had a headache that night, and I'd gone to bed with an icepack. At some point during the night, I started sleep-walking. I remember quite well. In my dream, I thought that the icepack was the dead mouse, and I wanted a box to bury it in. So I got up out of bed, walked down the hall, through the den and kitchen, and downstairs into the basement. (Keep in mind that I was sound asleep during all of this). I found an old cardboard box, and carried it back upstairs. The box was taped shut, and I actually got a pair of scissors and cut the tape. I then put the "mouse" (icepack) into the box, carried into the bathroom, and "buried" it in the sink. I walked back to my room, got back in bed, and that's where the dream ended.
The next morning, I had forgotten all about the dream, and I probably would never have remembered... but when I went to the bathroom, the box was still in the sink, and the icepack was inside it. That's when it all came rushing back to me. It was the first time I had been sleep-walking in sooo many years, and at first I was really embarrassed about it, but when I started telling people about it, they all thought it was really cool and funny. So it doesn't bother me anymore. Otherwise, I wouldn't be writing this, now would I?
~*Quote of the day*~
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Ohayo-gozaimasu (Japanese)
Meaning: Good Morning (Formal) can be used at anytime for the first meeting of the day. For a more casual way of saying it, shorten to Ohayo.
Currently Listening to... "Love Song" - 311
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I slept walked once. I had to get up early for a class trip and a few hours after I went to bed I got up and walked downstairs and was talking to my mom about getting ready to leave for the school. And then I woke up and it was only like 10pm that same night.
My one sister had a spell of sleepwalking, but strangely the only time she would would be on a holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years). Now, my sister isn't really physically affectionate. She doesn't really hug people or anything like that, but when she would sleep walk she'd usually come down and go to where my parents would be watching tv, and they'd send her back up to bed, and before she'd leave she would hug everyone. It was actually kind of funny.
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