They come from France

I sometimes wonder about dreams.  Are they really just an imaginary world created by our brains or something else.  I don't know but sometimes.. they just feel different.  

In a few days I am meeting work bestie for a small conference so I think that's where this dream came from...maybe.

We were driving to meetings?  Well he was driving I was passenger princess.  We we talking about all kinds of stuff.  I know we talked about ourselves and likes and families but details elude me.  

At one point we were in like a walgreens getting toiletries and medicine (?).  He told me to use his company card but I was scared because it was a lot of personal stuff not like food/drinks. He insisted and threw his card to me.  It hit me in the chest and went into my bra.  

We laughed and I was like here's your card, it touched my tit.  Which got more giggles from everyone around us. 

We were in the car again talking and he said I should nap.  So I was curled up on my side in the passenger seat with a blanket over me listening to him talk.  I was wearing a dress so I was freezing for some reason.  I dozed off in my dream and woke up to him frantically patting my leg and calling my name. When I opened my eyes I saw two very blue eyes staring back looking scared. Apparently in my dream I was having a nightmare and whimpering.  It was hard to keep my eyes open to look at him.  It was like they had weights on them.  

He was rubbing my leg under the blanket (not creepy or sexual, like trying to comfort) saying, "its ok rest, you are safe".  I dozed off again and woke up to a hand resting on my knee. When I sat up we continued talking like nothing happened. He kept looking at me confused and said "you are really here?". 

I responded with "of course I am" and he froze.  But like glitched, arms in the air.  It was weird and I said "bless you?"  He looked at me and said I'm not sneezing and froze again staring at me wide eyed.  I yelled, "Why are you glitching, UGH this is the weirdest dream!!!"

He looked at me almost sad and said, "so you're not here" and then I was driving...alone.  

I was going to a meeting and parked.  The lot was PACKED with cars.  When I got out there was a pouch hanging next to the car. Inside was a silver necklace with orange/yellow stones woven into the metal.  I put it on and remember thinking, I need to go pay for this.  

Inside the building it was like a mall but like a mall on its way out of business.  It was bright but a lot of stores were closed.  I walked in different directions but couldn't find the place I wanted to go.  I don't know where I was going but I know I couldn't find it.  

I turned back a few times and was just annoyed.  I went through a pair of heavy oak doors and was suddenly in an event hall with tables set up for a meal.  I stopped one of the waitresses to ask for help and she started speaking to me in French. 

I said "wait...where am I?!?!" And she looked confused and said something in French again.  I said "Am I in France?!?" And she said "wee, Paris".  

The room felt like it was closing in.  Then I yelled "why am I in Paris?!?!  I was just with (insert besties name)!"  I felt like something grabbed my collar from behind and pulled, then I woke up.  

Core memory unlocked

 I woke up singing a song I haven’t heard since I was a child. 

I am not talking about a pop song or popular radio song. I mean something my grandmother used to sing to me (all of us I am sure).  It’s a very specific FRENCH children’s rhyme. 

It’s called Allouette, genitlle allouette.  I know every word because she sang it to us all the time.  Mind you I do not speak French… well very little. 

Then that afternoon I saw a tick tok of a lady singing it. 

Literally a FLOOD of memories came pouring in.  I’ve not thought about that song in YEARS.  Honestly probably decades.  It was like a sleeper agent waking up singing perfect French word for word.  

So where did it come from?!?! I know it sounds silly but I think my grandmother came to visit me in a dream or something.  I don’t remember my dream but why else would my brain randomly grabbed THAT specific song.  A song I literally forgot about until I woke up.  

Ok that’s all.  It’s been stuck in my head over 24 hours at this point.  I dunno what’s going on but I’m listening. 

That was a tail right?

I love where I live... I love where I live...I love where I live. 

It was really late and I let the pups out one last time.  I was standing by the door (inside) waiting for them to come back.  I saw something out the corner of my eye.  It was about hip level, brownish, and "bouncing" along down the patio. Speedy must be by the gate.  

Mind you it was SUPER dark even with the lights on so lots of shadows.  Then I spotted lil bit below me so I let her in. As I closed the door to wait for speedy I realized he was out in the yard.  If...if he was out in the yard what did I see to my left....?!?!?!

I screamed so f**king loud!

There was a bug who shall not be named the SIZE OF MY PALM plastered at eye level on the other side of the door....it's a glass door....it started crawling.

Hubs was sleeping on out couch... didn't f**king move... WTH?!?!?

Speedy was looking at me like let me in... OH HELL NO!  

I am pushing the door shut just in case it tries to squeeze in.  It's now up above, it's on the bathroom window, it flew away and came back slamming into the door again. 

It's clearly struggle bussing, so I know it's dying but it's still too alive for me to deal with. 

Speedy sees the night terror...

It finally flew away towards the porch light, I chanced it and opened the door to rush speedy in.  "Get in, get in...OMG FASTER GET IN!". As I slammed the door that f**ker came flying back at me AGAIN! 

More Screaming!

Hubs:

RUDE!  It took me forever to fall asleep... too much adrenaline!

Vacation with the kids

The first thing I remember is we were in the mountains in a cabin.  I know my friends were there and my inlaws, like all of them.  And of course hubs.  It was a literal STONE cabin in the woods on a mountain. There were no TVs and I am fairly certain it was  winter like I am 99% sure there was snow.  I was sitting on the floor by a HUGE fire place reading a book.  

Like remember the movie "The Haunting"?  The giant fireplace....Picture that!  I started to get a backache so I got up to sit on the ENORMOUS fluffy couch.  But it was so deep it was almost uncomfortable to sit normally on.  At some point I turned sideways and was leaning back to back against someone else reading on the couch.  I really don't know how to describe it but but we were comfortably supporting each other.  

I went to lean my head back over their shoulder to say something and I noticed they had no hair....it was work bestie.  Wait why are you here??!  Honestly why are we all together!?!?!

Someone yelled food was ready and he helped me up to go to the kitchen.  My MIL had cooked and me and my hubs set the table.  It was this massively long almost medieval looking table.  That's when I realized I think we are in an old castle...that's how we can all fit but still....why is bestie here????  

I assume we ate, I don't recall. Then I was in another room playing pool and I was told someone was asking for me in the kitchen.  Like I vaguely remember them saying a name but didn't know who it was. When I walked into the room bestie's wife was sitting at a small round table with only two chairs.  I sat down with her and we had a really nice convo...about...something. Mind you I've not met her in person, just pics and posts online.  But if felt like a good convo. 

There were lots of kids running around playing all kinds of games.  His kids were definitely there playing with my nieces and nephews.  I was playing with them. Maybe hide and seek... I dunno. I kind of remember his son maybe coming to get me saying they found something in the attic.  

We were in a attic, I think.  But it was open in places, like some of the roof was missing but it also looked like maybe a lab/greenhouse.  There was a jar with something in it.  We were trying to get the something out but we couldn't and didn't want to break the container.  

I dropped it and it cracked but didn't break but I knew I had to get it away from everyone.  Oh did I mention EVERYONE was in the attic/lab/greenhouse with us. 

So I ran out of the cabin which from the outside looked more like a normal log cabin.  I was running barefoot in the snow down the driveway to get to the green trash cans.  You know like the ones we all have in our neighborhoods.  

I knew I had to get it away from everyone but the can was so far away.  I was running barefoot in the snow...my feet were hurting so bad.  They were so cold they were burning.  I heard someone yelling for me...I dont know if it was hubs, bestie or one of my brother in laws but they were yelling for me to stop.  They said I should have let them do it.  Then I stepped on something REALLY sharp.... It felt like it went through my foot. 

I woke up with the WORST Charlie Horse in my leg!!!!!!!!!!

Are dreams getting more intense?

Okay I know I've always had vivid dreams but I feel like over the last 2 months my dreams are VIVID!  I've dreamt about so many things and while I can't remember all of them I know when I wake up how intense they were. 

I know some have work bestie.  Some have girl besties.  Most have hubs.  But all are WEIRD AS F**K!

Recently I was out of town visiting family and had the most VIVID dreams for 4 nights.  I can't for the life of me remember them but I remember waking up like "WTAF!"

The thing that pisses me off is I usually remember enough of dreams to recall them but this time nada.  And I feel like they meant...something.  Like they were trying to tell me something. 

I am aware many people believe dreams are out brain's way of working out things but like sometimes I wonder.  Sometimes dreams feel different; almost too real. 

I know when I was on vacay I had one of these.  It was our 2nd to last night.  I honestly don't remember ANYTHING from the dream but I remember feelings.  I remember waking up...and the dream continuing.  I remember lucid dreaming... and accidentally saying out loud, this is a dream and being thrown from the dream....I remember it was important.  

Like I needed to remember it but I couldn't.  Like I did right after the last wake-up but now I can't recall it.  

I just know it was intense.

Ghostwriting at its finest

So I volunteer for a rescue.  I can't handle fostering and I'd be $hit at cleaning feeding...because I'd want to take them all home.  So I do the behind the scenes stuff....like laundry. 

It's a rescue....FULL of animals.  Unfortunately no matter what they do, it's going to attract nefarious creatures.  

I am generally cautious when I pick up the laundry...checking for said nefarious creatures. I saw nothing.  I don't bring the laundry into my house.  I leave it just outside and bring it in, in batches to clean.  It takes a couple days but it's worth it. 

Well day 2 recently I moved a pillowcase and saw...something.  My guardian angel was watching out for me because if I would have touched it...I may have died on the spot.  I saw....antenna.  They were twitching. 

I.FREAKED.OUT...in my head.  

So what does any normal person do?  They kick the bag over, screaming this is SPARTA, and slam the garage door...OBVIOUSLY!

So I put on tennis shoes and go out the front door to kill my new "guest".  So there I am pulling items out of the bag...flinging them into my driveway....nothing.  

"WHERE IS IT??!?!!?"

**Several hours later**

I went out to bring something to the trash can.  I saw movement out of the corner of my eye.  A bug who shall not be named runs out of the grass.  Its the size of a small bird.  I STG it made eye contact with me and took flight. 

Queue me screaming like a banshee and running for the door.  I lost a shoe along the way. 

Hubs got home later and looks for it...he can't find it.  As he is leaving to go back to work he calls my cell "it's out here...under my car.  I swear it made eye contact with me and came running AT ME!"

I go out with roach spray and spray a barrier around the cars. 

At some point I went out to ride my bike.  But before I do that I grab the last load to put in the wash.  That's when IT peeks out from under the bag. 

**SCREAMING**

It's like the size of my hand....what in creature of nightmares is happening.  

So all my neighbors heard was "Oh my god!  Go away!"  

"Seriously! I don't want to deal with you!"

"F**k now I have to kill you"

"$hit with what?!?!?"

It ran at me.....

"AHHHHHHHHHH"

I lost sight of it and never saw it again. 

So this is me typing from beyond the veil because my soul sure did leave my body.

2+1=4

So I pay fairly close attention to what I buy...frugal or whatever.  We got new phones.  As I am sure everyone knows phones no longer come with a brick.  

You get the cord but no brick.  So when we got home I ordered a 2 pack of bricks to fit the new USB-C cords.  

So we have the 2 cords that came with the phone and 2 new USB-C bricks I bought from Amazon (NOT branded Apple).  A few weeks later I got a new iPad.  

The iPad comes with a cord AND an Apple branded brick.  

Some time has passed and I am sitting at the kitchen table.  Hubs says "Oh this must be your iPad brick.  Its heavier and is branded apple".

I was confused.  I swore my iPad was plugged in...in the other room with its charger.  Maybe I grabbed the wrong one. 

The next day I am standing at the counter and pick up one of the two bricks to put it away and it's heavy and has apple on it so I put it down and pick up the other.  It's also heavy and apple branded. WTF. 

I put them next to each other and sure enough they are both heavy duty and Apple.  I KNOW I did not buy any additional apple bricks. Mainly because I am cheap and I can get like 4 off brand for the same price of one Apple. 

Thinking I lost my mind I went look at my order and sure enough I didn't order anything Apple branded.  

We found the two bricks I bought (Ocupwei).  So now we have 4. Two Apple, Two Non-Apple but I only bought the two non-apple and one Apple came with my iPad.  

HOW?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!  Are they like Gremlins, if you get it wet they multiply????? Where did the other Apple Brick come from!!??!?!?!?

Top two Amazon....bottom two Apple..... and yes they are all USB-C which we didn't have before