I had one of those hyper-real dreams last night. In it I woke up--here, in our bedroom, exactly as it is in reality; the missing pictures I took off the wall last night, the cup I have on the night stand, the 'hi, how are you?' t-shirt I fell asleep in--and I lay in bed making a mental list of things I have to do today...first I have to go into work for a bit. And mail that letter. Oh, and get stamps. And we're out of ALL of our bathroom supplies, so I'll swing by a Duane Reade. What are we out of again? G's shampoo. Toilet paper. Cotton balls. Lotion. Good lotion this time, that knock-off crap made my skin burn. And then I'll swing down to china town to see if I can find a replacement lamp shade for the one that broke. I'll go to Great Wall City. I love that place. Mmmm, have lunch at the dim sum on Mott. Maybe see if Zeeb can meet me on her lunch break. That'd be fun..."
And then I heard the sound of a baby crying. I looked over to my right and saw a bassinet on the floor next to the bed. You know, with a crying baby in it. I rolled over to G, shocked, "We have a baby?"
"Yeah, we have a baby, why?" he said sitting up. I sat up in bed too, crossed my arms to sulk. "What's wrong, Babe?"
"Nothing. It just really fucks up my plans for the day."
Posted by Antigeist at June 3, 2005 11:16 AMlol! i love it! that's so me as well, so don't feel ashamed in anyway
Posted by: Marya at June 3, 2005 07:40 PMI'm still laughing.
I guess all those practice renditions of "Little Jesus Nightlight" would finally come in handy.
Posted by: Red Ghost at June 3, 2005 11:49 PMafter i had a baby, i kept thinking i'd only dreamed it, and once woke up and told my friend, "hey! i dreamed last night that i had a baby!!" and he was quite confused. "but... anne? uhm?"
i feel on the one hand that a number of people who think they oughtn't have children would in fact make good parents, and on the other hand that a lot of people who had that "maybe i wouldn't be a good parent" feeling should have trusted that instinct, neal pollack.
more to the actual point: if you dream about babies, it's supposed to be actually a new version of yourself, like a new job or a new thing you're trying. and the health of that baby and what it does to your life in the dream is what you think of this big change.
Posted by: anne at June 4, 2005 03:27 AMRed: that's all we need. Our kid going to school singing "pull his little winky, make the light go blinky..."
anne: well judging the caterwalls coming outta the kid and its display of all the right number of toes and such-- it was healthy, alright. Good news for future endeavors!
Oh, and you might think I missed the Neal dis...but I did not. Could you PLEASE stop coming over here and being funnier than I am, hmmm?
Posted by: antigeist at June 4, 2005 09:00 AMWhat're the other 34 reasons?
Posted by: monk at June 7, 2005 09:58 AMYou--of all people--should not have to ask.
Posted by: antigeist at June 7, 2005 10:03 AM