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In between I had a weird dream. I was in the house, and none of the lights would turn on. I was hunting an intruder, and the power was on 'cause the computers were going, but no lights. I would flip the switches and nothing, nothing, nothing.

I had thought, for some reason, that this was a common thing in dreams, but nobody at work had ever heard of it. I've been having lightless dreams since I was twelve or so.

And what's really odd is I love the darkness... most people, I've noticed, don't like dark at all.

So why would I have dreams about not being able to turn on the light? Is this some weird metaphor? Is my mind, that traitorous beastie, trying to play tricks with me again?

Or is ti just as meaningless as any other part of any other dream?

O'wait! Some dreams *do* have meanings. Parts of them, anyway.

Like, I'm wandering around in this big old ramshackle house with rotten staircases and floors... looking for a bathroom. Or even a way outside, so I can pee behind a bush. And then I finally waken, and man! Do I have to pee!

And that's about the extent of dreams having meanings...

I'll have to think about that for a while.

Let me know if you have lightless dreams, would ya?

Anyway, long day... I was on the console today, so my legs didn't get worn out, but my head did....

And Karen just went to bed, she's tired, poor Babe... she's been getting up at 08:00 all week. That means she only gets ten hours of sleep a night... wow, do I ever feel sorry for her!

Karen called just as I was getting ready to leave work... Mom was sick, so I went over there after work. She having colostomy problems again, dammit... about once a month. I don't think that she's eating right, and I know she's not drinking enough water. I need to be watching her closer.

Anyway, I got her some pain pills, and she says that she'll do better after she gets some sleep. She was sleeping pretty good when I left, and I called a coupla hours later and she was still sleeping, and I made he promise to call me if it got any worse or if it didn't get better. Unfortunately, I can't really trust her to do that....

I had a nice long talk with JD tonight, he and Tyler and I are planning a trip to Maryland to see brother Dan in about a month or so, we're all looking forward to that. I'll be driving, the boys will probably fly....

And I'm gonna join Karen in some blissful sleep....