The Luxury of Dreams

It's been a while since I've remembered a dream.  I think my sleep is too fragmented for me to really grab hold and process my dreams.  It seems I'm awakened every hour by one baby or another.  Even if I don't need to get up with them, their crying and noises wake me.  It's usually difficult for me to fall back to sleep, so by the time I've reached the REM stage, it is cut short by another wake up call.  


In reading about sleep, I came across this, "During the deep stages of NREM sleep, the body repairs and regenerates tissues, builds bone and muscle, and appears to strengthen the immune system."  Perhaps that is why I've been dealing with more aches and pains, not to mention colds, lately.  I had assumed they were a normal part of aging and the season.  Maybe not...


I suppose this whole blog was born out of the difficulty our family has had with sleeping and dreams.  I am certainly not the only one of us to go without adequate sleep.  Hopefully, my children with grow out of their disruptive sleep patterns and allow me the luxury of dreams again soon.

Maybe Not So Much, After All...

I was awoken in the wee hours of the morning by cries of           "It's horrible, it's horrible!!" from Lydia.  I waited for another noise or cry.  I waited for her to come to my room.  Nothing...  So I went back to sleep.

When I asked her about it in the morning, she didn't remember a thing.  

Actually, I think we all can relate.  Those things that seem so terrible in the dark of night usually aren't so bad in the morning.

11:19 PM...

...and the only person asleep in the house is Molly.

Car Crash

I'm in a car with this girl and she is driving around like a crazy person. She drives us right off of a hill and the car tumbles over crushing us to the ground. I'm able to push the door open and go around and get crazy driver out. We didn't even get hurt!!

My Teeth Are Falling Out

I notice one of my teeth is suddenly loose.  I try to remember if it is an adult tooth or not. Then it dawns on me that all my teeth are adult teeth!  As the tooth falls out, I notice another is loose, then another.  I try to keep them from falling out.  Maybe if I don't touch them...

Fight Back! with David Horowitz

I woke up about 45 minutes ago (to Wave yelling for help with a poopy diaper and no wipes to be found.(Des had relocated them to the laundry room.)) in the middle of a dream about Fight Back! with David Horowitz.

 In my dream I was in the show but I couldn't remember the name of it. I remembered as soon as I woke up. David Horowitz looked like Monty Hall. I had to look up his website http://www.fightback.com/ to remember what he really looked like.

I wonder what made my brain reach so far back into my childhood memory for such an obscure tidbit?  I haven't thought of the show in at least 2 decades.

When Daddy's Away the Babies Will Splay

 

Yes, that is MY bed. No, I didn't try very hard to get them out of it.