Tuesday, December 2, 2014

"More Dogs, Dogs Killing Baby Goats, Flash Floods, and What a Difference a Day Makes"

Just so you don't think I'm insane (although this isn't proof I'm not), the first 3 references are from my dreams again.  And while Odd John may well be right that I already know on a subconscious level what my bizarre dreams mean, trust me it's pretty well buried.  I wish he would just tell me and cut the suspense!

When I asked the rhetorical question yesterday about the nights possible dreams I never guessed that they would be even more bizarre.

I also believe that there was a fourth element to last nights wackiness that I couldn't hold onto into wakefulness, and maybe that was the relevant part.  I don't know.  What I do know is that when I dream like this I inevitably wake up feeling stressed. Who wouldn't I suppose?  I seen the dead goats, and I was somehow responsible for hiding them from my grandchildren.

Hmmm?  I wonder if that's a clue, eh John?

And before you say it  Elly, no I never saw the goats!  I seen them!  Same way as I seen everything else I seen!

The flooding thing is a recurring theme which usually involves my place of residence, although the place is not recognizable as any place I have ever actually lived.   It also usually involves water coming from, and/or returning to, underground sources as opposed to from the skies.  There always seems to be significant danger of people and things disappearing into these death traps.

Maybe tonite I should make a decision what to dream about.  I seem to recall reading that some people think it's possible to make this determination up front..  Maybe I could dream about finishing an ironman in Mont Tremblant??  Or would that be a fantasy as opposed to a dream?

The last reference in my title is exactly what it sounds like.  I knew even before I headed out for my 7 to 10 km run that it was in some doubt.  I kept an open mind, but I was still pretty tentative.  There is still lots of doubt as to whether my HRM can capture this arrhythmia I told you about. but with each passing day I'm more confident that it does.

I couldn't get it to settle down either before or during the run, and for once I used common sense and just walked.  The beauty of that decision is that I can try again tomorrow.  Normally I never allow myself two running days in a row but today's effort doesn't count.

And not that this is proof of anything either, but just out of curiosity I wore the HRM for 5 hours this afternoon. It never went up once!!!

And other than the lame run, I had a pretty good day.  I think as the hours wore on I probably started feeling grateful that my dreams are just my dreams.  No goats, no dogs, and no floods.  And of course yesterday, is always yesterday.  Gone!!

walk/run 7 kms

"But that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone"---Chad Stuart of Chad and Jeremy

"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away"---Paul McCartney

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind."---Sigmund Freud

Love
Peter


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