Twice since we've been in our new house, I've woken up in the night yelling. I have these vivid dreams that feel like they are taking place in my bedroom. The dreams somehow seem to be related to the book I am reading at the moment.
My first dream came while reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I dreamt that a little boy was standing over me while I was sleeping. I noticed this and found it entirely too creepy and kind of scary. So I yelled at the boy and threw Nap at him as he ran out the door. The next 20 minutes Andy spent searching the house for an intruder and I failed to tell him it was a little boy. In my haziness I couldn't understand why my reality wasn't matching up with what I dreamt was my reality. We finished the night sleeping with the light on.
The next literature dream came as I was reading The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (an attempt I have since abandoned). As you can possibly tell from the title, the book is about genes and chromosomes, science-y stuff like that. My dream was that someone was adding an unwanted "gene" (pillow) to Andy's side of our "double helix" (bed). I'm not sure what I yelled about this time, and Andy has stopped caring and being surprised at my outbursts. This dream was a decidedly dorky dream to dream.
Later that night I had another vivid "in the bedroom" dream. I had gotten up early and decided that I was rested enough to start my day. I went to the bathroom to get ready, had the lights off and tried to be quiet. Andy came in shortly after and said that he too was well rested and wanted to get up early as well. When I actually woke up I was confused as to why I was back in bed and why I was just getting up when I thought I had been up and ready for awhile.
I've always had pretty vivid dreams, and if you know anything about my diet, it's not because I eat a lot of spicy foods. Usually my dreams don't involve scary stuff, and I'd prefer that they stay that way. Maybe I just need to get used to the new room and my dreams will go back to being about chorus lines and skiing.
