September 26, 2004

sea snakes

I'm trying to take it easy today and have, so far at least, not left the bed (happily today's Sunday Times--especially the magazine--is full of good reading). Hard not to get up and deal with the chaos all around though. Boxes everywhere. We have yet to unearth even our sheets. Jenn has been working double duty getting the kitchen in order. She has forbidden me from doing anything today, so here I will remain.

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When we were in Chicago a month or so ago I woke up with an inelegant scream, in a cold sweat, and all discombobulated. Jenn now unphased my my noctural distress calmly asked what was wrong. Apparently I looked at her with frightened eyes, shuddered, and whispered "sea snakes". Afterwards I fell promptly back to sleep.

Today I realized I might have been having one of my fish dreams. I have had these aquatic dreams all my life. In them I am a fish, not a human who thinks he's a fish, but an acutal fish. I think simple thoughts, wiggle through the water, and admire the concave world around. Normally I wake up feeling pleasantly refreshed by my osteichthyesian adventures... But if I were a fish, what would be more frightening than sea snakes? See where I'm going with this...

posted at 02:09 PM by raul

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09/27/04 10:51 AM

I've been leaning over to my dormmate and saying "sea snakes" all day long. LOL

09/27/04 04:13 PM

I actually did have to look up the spelling. But we watch lots of nature shows around here, so I did know the word.

05/01/05 04:35 AM

This is one of my favorite posts. You should try writing a poem or short story about those kinds of dreams, or maybe I will, if I may.

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