Because I suck at getting myself to bed when LDH isn't here

Instead of sensibly going to bed, I thought I would regale you with two recent dreams:

1) My choir was scheduled to perform something, and it was either the dress rehearsal or the actual performance. First, I couldn't find a parking space, and second, once I found the choir, we were singing stuff I'd never seen (of course). But the new twist was not only had I never seen the stuff, but when I tried to sight-read it, the musical notes and lyrics were printed in such tiny type that there was no way that I could realistically read it. I was utterly furious that I was putting in all this work and there was no way that I could succeed with the music printed the way that it was.

2) To complete my Ph.D., I had to take a written exam prior to defending the dissertation (distinct from the exams I took to advance to candidacy) (and yes, this is something I made up in my dream - I did not have to do this in real life). I was sitting in an office in my grad school (my old advisor's office, maybe?), and I don't remember the questions, but I remember there were a number of them from which I had to choose two, and I had something to say about all of them, but nothing outstanding about any of them, so there was the dilemma that I didn't know which questions to choose. In any case, while I sat in the office trying to decide what to write, people kept coming in and out, talking to me, talking to each other, using the computer, and just generally hanging out in the office getting in the way. I was reduced to screaming at people that I was taking an exam and they had to leave me alone, trying to get them to leave so I could get work done, and no one would leave.

hmmm, I wonder what they mean.... ;-)

Comments

[Tiruncula]

The tiny, illegible type one is about LJ :)

I've often thought I should keep an anxiety-dream diary so I can chart when they show up. I had one just the other night. Mid-July seems unfairly early.

[shrinkykitten]

Uh oh, someone is feeling anxious and ineffective! :)

[Flavia]

Aw, man--I hate anxiety dreams, and they're just about the only ones I have! I hope these are rare summertime exceptions for you. . .

[Another Damned Medievalist]

It means that you think you should be getting more sone and are constantly distracted?

[shelly]

OK, I'll take a shot (and you know where it comes from). (i know you put a winkie in there, but I can't resist the dimestore psychoanalyzing.)

(1) You're frustrated with something in your life that you thought gave you pleasure. You didn't anticipate the inability to nagivate it and that stresses you out more. It may or may not be related to church. The church part may just be the part that represents the positive.

(2) Teaching and administrative tasks are totally getting in the way of your writing.

And if you're interested, I can later tell you what chip you are based on your personality. ;)

;p