In your dreams

Ever since I was in elementary school I could never sleep on the night before school started. Was it excitement? Nerves? Anticipation? I'm not sure.

Even last night, I couldn't sleep well. It's not like it's the first day of a new school year. We've only been out for a couple of weeks. I didn't fall asleep right away, and then when I finally did, it was fitful. I got up once to use the bathroom, and I remember looking at the clock sometime around 3:30 or so. Must have fallen back asleep.

At 5:18, I looked at the clock. I thought to myself - I'm getting up in 30 minutes anyway - should I just get up? The decision took so long I must have fallen back asleep.

I dreamed that we were at my Grandma's house. I can't remember what was happening, but I remember a bunch of non-sequitur people being there. Then, I went from my Grandma's house to a school. There was some kind of assembly, and I was supposed to be supervising, I think. (Details are sketchy at this point) All I really remember of the school portion of the dream is that I was hurrying around, going from one gym to another, and at one point, I had to climb down the bleachers, and I scaled section to section, like a superhero. It was very weird.

After that, I heard a LOUD buzzer once in my dream. Then I heard it three times in the dark of my bedroom. Keep in mind that all of that happened in the span of 25-30 minutes. When I woke up, I felt like I had been asleep for hours. I stumbled around, turning on the coffee pot, and starting the shower. I was rollin' slow.

THEN, it was time to be ON for the enrollment fair. This was a really long day at school. But, I survived, my desk is still as clean as it was Friday (the kids noticed), and I got to knit for a little bit earlier tonight. I just finished a 2-miler. Short, yes, but I'm hoping that some consistent exercise will lessen some of the stress I've been under. I don't feel stressed out, but my neck and shoulders have been sore for about a month now. I think it's just muscle tightness from stress. Grr.

I really should have gone and gotten a massage over break.