A Peek Into My "Night Mind"
Here's a brief peek into how my brain works in the night, when I am experiencing high levels of stress. (This is from last night.)
11:30pm: [awake thoughts] My vegetarian meatballs. I must figure out what will help them stay together better. No soy. No gluten. Must think. Egg and bread crumbs, definitely. Maybe black bean paste? Hmm... quite a dilemma.
12:30am: [dream sequence] ABBA just lost two members: Agnetha and Ani-Frid! I must help Bjorn and Benny find replacement members before it's too late. And their names have to start with "A" or it won't be A-B-B-A! Bjorn: "Make sure they're hot!" Oh great, and I have to narrow the search down by looks too. Thanks, Bjorn.
1:45am: [awake thoughts] CHEESE! That will hold the meatballs together. YAY! But it get gooey when hot. Gooey means they might fall apart in the sauce. Dammit.
1:55am: [awake thoughts] I just heard a cat sneeze. Which cat? Kitty count.. hmm. ok, Tweaker is sleeping over my head. Effie is to my right. Lola and Mojo are at our feet. Shit, it's Nixon. Great, the diabetic cat has a cold. Urrrrgghhh....
2:00am: [awake thoughts] I have to think of a way to make more money. Maybe if you got off your lazy ass and wrote that book you keep talking about. Yeah, because that's guaranteed money! You are so arrogant.
2:30am: [dream sequence] I'm at work! AAHH! No, wait. It isn't work, it's a work party. We're watching movies on a screen. And I have a drink in my hand. Awesome. Oh shit, who gave HER control of the movies? Crap!! She wants to show political consipiracy movies and talk about them! NO!!! Screw this, I'm going to hang out in the lobby. Uhhhhh, wait, is the room flooding? Yes, it's flooding. I have to get to the lobby, but it is really hard to walk in all this water. Good thing I know how to swim. It's coming in so fast, though. Wow. It's kinda warm though. Warm? No, that's not the right word. It's getting hot. Really hot. Oh wow. Can you sweat while emersed in water? Yep. Ok, pshew! I made it to the lobby. Ummmm, there are gigantic white snakes in here. Lots of them. Eep!
2:45am: [awake thoughts] I just KNOW there's a giant white snake at the foot of the bed. I can't put my feet down there. I just hope it doesn't eat my cats. Cats. Nixon has to go to the vet. She needs her teeth cleaned, and while there the vet can check out the sneezing. Ugh. So much money.
4:00am: [dream sequence] I am eating CAKE!! Yummy yummy cake! So much cake. The room is full of cake, white cake, yellow cake, chocolate cake. Oh yuck, now I have a tummy ache.
4:30am: [awake] Sneezing!!!! My nose is itching me into insanity!
5:00am: [awake thoughts] I should add protein powder to the meatballs. Meat is a protein and if I don't have meat, I lack the protein. I must replace the protein. Oh right, I'm adding black bean paste and that's protein. What time is it? 5. Ok, will yourself back to sleep now.
5:30am: [dream sequence] I have to go to work. Sad clown. They bought me a doggie though and it's cute. Except that it just peed all over my office.
6:00am: [awake thoughts] It's Saturday! I don't have to go to work. Why am I awake at 6am? Aw screw it, I'm getting up.
11:30pm: [awake thoughts] My vegetarian meatballs. I must figure out what will help them stay together better. No soy. No gluten. Must think. Egg and bread crumbs, definitely. Maybe black bean paste? Hmm... quite a dilemma.
12:30am: [dream sequence] ABBA just lost two members: Agnetha and Ani-Frid! I must help Bjorn and Benny find replacement members before it's too late. And their names have to start with "A" or it won't be A-B-B-A! Bjorn: "Make sure they're hot!" Oh great, and I have to narrow the search down by looks too. Thanks, Bjorn.
1:45am: [awake thoughts] CHEESE! That will hold the meatballs together. YAY! But it get gooey when hot. Gooey means they might fall apart in the sauce. Dammit.
1:55am: [awake thoughts] I just heard a cat sneeze. Which cat? Kitty count.. hmm. ok, Tweaker is sleeping over my head. Effie is to my right. Lola and Mojo are at our feet. Shit, it's Nixon. Great, the diabetic cat has a cold. Urrrrgghhh....
2:00am: [awake thoughts] I have to think of a way to make more money. Maybe if you got off your lazy ass and wrote that book you keep talking about. Yeah, because that's guaranteed money! You are so arrogant.
2:30am: [dream sequence] I'm at work! AAHH! No, wait. It isn't work, it's a work party. We're watching movies on a screen. And I have a drink in my hand. Awesome. Oh shit, who gave HER control of the movies? Crap!! She wants to show political consipiracy movies and talk about them! NO!!! Screw this, I'm going to hang out in the lobby. Uhhhhh, wait, is the room flooding? Yes, it's flooding. I have to get to the lobby, but it is really hard to walk in all this water. Good thing I know how to swim. It's coming in so fast, though. Wow. It's kinda warm though. Warm? No, that's not the right word. It's getting hot. Really hot. Oh wow. Can you sweat while emersed in water? Yep. Ok, pshew! I made it to the lobby. Ummmm, there are gigantic white snakes in here. Lots of them. Eep!
2:45am: [awake thoughts] I just KNOW there's a giant white snake at the foot of the bed. I can't put my feet down there. I just hope it doesn't eat my cats. Cats. Nixon has to go to the vet. She needs her teeth cleaned, and while there the vet can check out the sneezing. Ugh. So much money.
4:00am: [dream sequence] I am eating CAKE!! Yummy yummy cake! So much cake. The room is full of cake, white cake, yellow cake, chocolate cake. Oh yuck, now I have a tummy ache.
4:30am: [awake] Sneezing!!!! My nose is itching me into insanity!
5:00am: [awake thoughts] I should add protein powder to the meatballs. Meat is a protein and if I don't have meat, I lack the protein. I must replace the protein. Oh right, I'm adding black bean paste and that's protein. What time is it? 5. Ok, will yourself back to sleep now.
5:30am: [dream sequence] I have to go to work. Sad clown. They bought me a doggie though and it's cute. Except that it just peed all over my office.
6:00am: [awake thoughts] It's Saturday! I don't have to go to work. Why am I awake at 6am? Aw screw it, I'm getting up.
7 Comments:
Oh hell's bells (I know, that sounds dorky, but I wanted to say it), it sounds like you got minimal sleep last night.
Are you vegetarian? I can't remember, and for some reason (I don't remember why, either) Carter and I were wondering if you were vegetarian, too.
Take a nap if you can!!
Evelin
ROFL @ the 'I just KNOW there's a giant white snake at the foot of the bed. I just hope it doesn't eat my cats.'
That is SO something I would be thinking too.
I think you need to take something to knock yourself out so you don't have to deal with this 'night mind'...it sounds exhausting!
Think and lollipops and rainbows tonight...hehe
You sound just like me...I drive myself crazy with my thoughts whether I am awake or asleep. There are many voices in our heads, Ollie, all we can do is try to live with them.
Evelin, I am a "marginal" vegetarian. I don't really *like* meat and I prefer the vegetarian versions of most things most of the time. Every now and then I eat chicken or seafood (seafood is the biggest non-veggie thing), and red meat maybe once every two or three months. But overall, I'd far rather eat the tofu/veggie version.
I think tonight I might be sleeping with Benedryl. DROWN OUT THE VOICES!
Tylenol PM.
Nothing you want to get overly attached to, mind, but every now and then... ahhhhhhhh.
I found your dreams scary. Particularly the one where your coworker was showing political conspiracy movies. I would rather be covered in white snakes (um WHITE SNAKES??? Anyone??)
Maybe tonight you will dream of the members of the BAND white snake. Ick. Which would be worse??
Meatballs-use bigger pieces of bread (not crumbs) and less egg. That way whatever liquid will not totally soak up into the bread and make the ball loose. Loose balls are a bad bad thing.
Love ya!
Rough night. Funny that the meatballs were a recurring theme - can't help you there - I get the frozen stuff from the store! Hope you sleep much better tonight. - Kym
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