How Many Nights Til Christmas Anyway?

I dream about fighting with my dad because I don’t want to go to school. What’s the point, I yell, they’re never gonna let me graduate! It’s December 24th, the universe keep sending me signs that I should look up a certain nonprofit. I finally do and read the story about a young man who dreamed of opening a bakery, invested money with the wrong crowd and was arrested. I manage to save his last creation, a cream snowman standing on a red table entirely made of chocolate. The cake has crumbled and the pieces are covered in cat hair, but I think it’s still salvageable and bring it home for Christmas.

Familiar Faces

I dream that I’m back in high school, my dad is also there teaching and everyone hates him. My old classmate S. is mad at me because she thinks I skipped the line to the principal’s office (I didn’t). Inside I ask for s signed note excusing me for being late during all next week, the principal is kind of bemused about it. While I’m there I steal my dad’s report and later show it to him, he’s very depressed about his low rates so I tell him the story of a young girl named Harry Potter who had round glasses, brown hair and really big boobs.

The next day everybody looks really happy, it takes me a moment to realize it’s the last day of school and I feel really dumb, why did I ask for that principal’s note? All the students around me looks like children and I feel ancient. I meet with S. again, although I don’t recognize her at all. We go home under my umbrella, I tell her about my college experience and how I finally found my true calling: photography. I don’t know where we’re going, I simply follow her and we end up on the beach. I’m happy to take a few pictures before a hasty retreat since it’s way too hot, I tell S. to call me back in the fall when temps are more human.

This Is Gonna Be A Recurring Thing Huh?

I dream that it’s December 24th and our Christmas tree isn’t up yet, we go to the basement and rummage for decorations, but all the while I’m uneasy because how did we get to December? I’m pretty sure it was July just a moment ago. I “wake up” into another dream and now it’s the right month and I feel vindicated.

The Ceremony Made Me Cry BTW

I dream that I walk into the living room and find my family decorating the Christmas tree. I’m sure it’s summer so I must be dreaming. I start to panic because if I’m asleep I’ll miss the Olympics opening ceremony, and I won’t be able to go to the pharmacy either. I decide to jump out the window, hoping the shock will wake me up. It’s night outside, and I land on a layer of snow; I don’t feel cold at all though, I don’t feel anything. People are pointing and laughing at me from windows and balconies. I spot a man holding a rifle and beg him to shoot me. He fires three times, I don’t know if I’m hit because I still can’t feel anything. I wander into the streets and grab people by the shoulders, begging them to wake me up because I need to go to the pharmacy. They ignore me.

It takes several tries of waking up in my bed only to realize it’s not real, but I finally make it out.

I So Want Summer To Be Over

BI dream that I’m watching a (rather bad) teen movie when I recognize the place it was shot at: it’s the park near where I live! And you can even see my building behind it! I laugh because it’s supposed to be a magical place but I know the sad truth.

Then I dream that I find a phone in my room, I think it’s my sister’s at first but it’s not, it belongs to a stranger. How did it get here, did I pick it up by mistake? I’m late for school already and I don’t know what to do, should I wait for someone to call? More importantly, it’s raining and it’s October outside and I’m so relieved summer is over.

Snipsnipsnippets

I dream that grandma G. is alive and I’m at her place teaching her how to print from a computer. Then I dream that I’m babysitting a blond toddler, a butterfly gets in the room and she grabs it with her pudgy little hands, almost killing it. I also inevitable dream that it’s the first day of school and I don’t want to go, so many years have passed, all my classmates have grown up and moved on, and I’m still here.

This Is Def. Getting Upgraded To ‘Recurring’

I dream that I sneak into my old college apartment because I need a place to sleep for three days. Inside I find a mom with two children, and I apologize profusely because I thought the apartment would be empty. The woman is very happy to see me though and offers me to stay and a place to hide in case my old landlady shows up. Her husband arrives the next day and is very posh and rude and kicks me out.