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I guess I stayed in bed PLENTY last night! I had several dreams that I want to get down this morning before I forget.

I dreamed that Justin (Elmo's best friend) & Siobhan (his long time GF, who isn't welcome in my home) came to stay with us. She immediately started pissing me off and I texted Elmo to say that I already regretted letting her come to stay. I got a text back that said something to the effect of "too late" but I think SHE had actually read and replied to my text, not Elmo. She was being her usual oblivious, rude self in my dream. I was asking her to move something out of the way so I could do something and she just wasn't getting it. Since she couldn't see why I needed the things moved, she wasn't moving them. She was basically putting them more into the way.

There were other people in our home, too. But those two were staying with us. Later, in what I think was the same dream, Joe & Jenny and the kids joined us as well. We were in a big home with a big dining room and lots of people. I overheard Joe saying something nice in reference to me. I was taken by surprise so I went into the dining room to see what was going on. I joined in with the meal which seemed to be a sort of pot luck. Adrian Rolle was there, too. Joe, Jenny and myself got along quite nicely in my dream.

Then, in what may have been a separate dream of perhaps a continuation, I was in a really big garage with my dad and he was griping that he didn't like it. Something about where the doors were bothered him. It was his garage and had to have been nearly 2 stories tall (but with no second floor). It had about 5-6 doors on either side and was very clean and empty. I was trying to think of different ways he could use it to get around the features that bothered him.

The garage may have lead into a big trip that included my Girl Scout troop and my mom, at least. There may have been many others. We were splitting into several different vehicles and debating who was riding in which. Then we were at another meal. This time it was a lot of children (family and scouts) at the table. Sasha was in my lap. I think we may have been traveling to an aquarium because Sasha copied, clear as day, "Fish Place, Yay!" I was terribly impressed and asked my mom, who was at the end of the table, if she heard. She had. Sasha didn't seem much older, if any, than she is now, so the words really impressed me.

After posting that about my milk supply, I dreamed that I was at work and grabbed a bottle to pump. Only instead of pumping with my electric pump, I grabbed my breast to manually pump. One squeeze and I filled the bottle half way! One more and it was a full 4+ ounces! I was considering grabbing another bottle.

I made it to bed on time last night. Once again, I stood there, over the bed... dreading the night. I climbed into bed, waited for the BH contraction to pass and tried to find a good position. I had trouble falling asleep. The spot at the top of my leg hurt from the bed already. I switched to the other side and it still took me a bit to fall asleep. I woke about 10-15 minutes later... this was just not going to work.

I finally caved. I grabbed my robe, pillow, and a small blanket to take downstairs. I settled onto the lounge chair. It was a little odd to try to sleep there, in the quiet darkness. I usually nap there with the television going. Then, sleep came. I woke often enough that I would normally be turning over, but drifted right back off to sleep each time.

Elmo came down about 2 (my alarm was set for 4). Strangely, he'd had a nightmare that I left him - then he woke up and I was missing from the bed. He settled in on the couch and went back to sleep. When I woke at 4, I gave myself a few minutes to get awake and wondered how my legs would do when I stood...

While my feet were a little tender when I first stood up, there was no stiffness! I slept well, I rose well! Yay!

Now... to survive another week of work... Sigh. I gotta finish getting ready now!

I had a dream that I got fed up with my hair and started to shave it. It got most of one side before I remembered that I was growing it out... for Elmo! I felt SO bad! Then I woke and realized it was just a dream. Whew!

I didn't sleep very well (again) last night. I'm sure the pregnancy can be blamed, but still... I thought I'd get my strange dream(s) posted...

I woke up several times and so waking became part of the dream, too...

Elmo & I were sleeping next to each other (exactly as we actually were), but we were inside a large cave... not sure if we were on our bed or just cave floor. Across the room (past our feet) was the man that played Steven Keaton on Family Ties. He was sleeping, too... just behind some grouping of stalagmites. I woke, sat up slightly, and looked over toward him and saw a large dog run off to my left from there. I worried about his wellbeing as this large dog had just come from where he was sleeping. I was trying to ask if he was alright. The dog(s) came back a few times and I shooed them away with a small rubber flogger (which I bought last Saturday). The dog was approaching me now, but was easily scared off. Suddenly the dog coming to bother me was Choopy (Veronica's dog - it still lives at the house with her). I started shooing him away, but then realized he was simply begging to go outside. I finally got up to take him out, fumbling around about how I should grab clothes or at least a robe. I noticed he was about to just shit the floor, so I rushed him to the front door of the apartment (that's right - no more cave) and let him out. He went right down the stairs to the grass. A bag lady was walking around the corner with a grocery basket of stuff (not groceries). I worried that Choopy might not come back after he crapped, but as soon as he was done I praised him and called to him and he came right back up the stairs.

Elmo & I woke and I told him about part of the dream. He said the actor's name (that played Steven Keaton) was Texas something. sidenote: In my dream he was right, though it was actually Michael Gross. Gross also played in the Tremors series of movies, which we watched together a month or two ago. I said I think Texas died recently. I seemed to recall seeing it posted here or somewhere.

All through the night, as I woke (I think), I had one line of a song running through my head over and over again. It continued until we listened to the radio on the way to work. The song line was "I think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for you" from the AT&T commercial. It was just the one line, though slight variations (read: wrong versions) of it.

Then Elmo and I actually woke up. I told him about the dream on the way to work. He was surprised at the amount of detail I recalled. I think it helped that I kept actually waking up, and that I was telling the tale so early in the morning.

I always dream strange things. This one was just... somehow extra weird because I dreamt I kept waking and I really kept waking. Bizarre how it all blurred together.