Monday, July 28, 2008
It's funny how what you think about prior to going to sleep can affect your dreams. Last night was a perfect example of that. For the record, I took 50mg of 5-HTP with my normal herb/vitamin stack and it is known to increase dream/nightmare activity and recall. So, I got to bed later than intended and was worried about whether I'd wake up in the morning when my alarm went off so that I'd get to work on time. I told myself that at that point there was nothing I could do to affect it and that worrying about it would only worsen the problem by keeping me up longer.
So, during the night I dreamed that I was running on foot to work in the dark and that I came across a barricade blocking my normal route. I hopped over it and started walking and I saw a dog-sized rat out of the corner of my eye. I continued a few more paces and saw more rats and decided to go back and take an alternate route.
I entered a large victorian style building bustling with confusion and I found several people from my work team in the crowd. I couldn't figure out how to get to my desk and the clock chimed 7AM which is when I am supposed to clock in. I kept searching as the minutes ticked by to find my desk or my manager so that I could explain why I was late. I never found either but was surrounded by the crowd of confusion.
Luckily, in real life, once I awoke, I made it to work on time as usual, just tired and with a headache.