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Friday, February 24, 2006Naturally From DreamsI just woke up, naturally, at 7:45 am. My alarm is supposed to be set to go off at 8 am, though recently I've had it set at 8:15. But this morning I woke up early. And naturally too, nothing woke me. And it wasn't like when you wake up in the middle of the night and go back to sleep because you're tired and you didn't want to be awake. I woke up because the dream I was having ended, and when I awoke, I felt completely rested! I've been a little tired the last several days, because of this last weekend down in Chicago, with my tiredness level rising as the evening goes on each day, though each night giving me enough sleep.But I digress. Today was the first day in a LONG time I've woken up before the alarm and not gone back to sleep. Years, at least. And even then usually it's only a minute or two, not 15 or more! I don't remember how long it's been since I've woken due to my dreams ending (assuming we don't count the time I woke up in the middle of the night in order to end a dream I did not like and had me unsettled for a while). I don't know if I actually woke at 7:45, that's just when I finally rolled over to look at the clock. It was such a nice feeling, how I woke and immediately afterwards, I just lay there feeling it. It was like... sleep receded from my body, moving from bottom to top, then receded from my head moving from my face over my eyes to the back of my head, and then was gone. Like something that had been all over me for the night washed away in one wave. But after it was gone I was still left feeling like... I was being hugged all over. It was really nice. I awoke laying on my side, with my knees tucked up against my body, bent completely so my feet were back under me, and my arms over my chest crossing at about the wrists with my hands closed and pressed against me between each side of my collar bone and the corresponding shoulder. My head was bent slightly, I think, bringing my chin to lie between my hands. I was really comfortable. I finally moved because I was getting hot from all the covers on me while curled up like that. I have discovered that if you (or at least I) wake up naturally from dreaming, you remember the dreams much more that if you are woken up by something. I lay there going over the dreams I had so as to try and get them solidly into my memory. As I reviewed, more of the dreams came back to me. Actually, it was just one long dream that transitioned several times. Finally I decided since I felt completely rested, not to try to go back to sleep, and I wondered what the heck to do with the extra hour I now had. I briefly thought about going in to work early, I could get some extra work done, or go in early so I could leave early. I decided to write about the experience, as you can see! I was planning to write out the dream, but apparently I wrote all this other stuff instead. I'm going to go do a little more of my morning routine (I've already peed, brushed my teeth, put in my contacts so I could see to type, and put on my watch. Though oddly I decided not to put on my ring before putting on my watch, it just didn't feel like I wanted to have it on yet.) and then try to get back to write about the dream, though it's 8:24 now so I may not have enough time before I have to get ready for and go to work. |
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