That graphic may be overstating the case, as my teevee sez it’s 54 degrees out. I was just outside to move the sprinkler around and it’s definitely chilly, but a lot warmer than the 46 degrees it was this morning when I got up. I wonder if I’ll have to fire up the furnace later on today/tonight. I'm thinking "yes."
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We broke in our new coffee pot this morning. The old one lasted 875 days… which, all things considered (read as: the HARD water hereabouts)… isn’t all that bad. The old pot gave up the ghost yesterday morning, requiring three hits of the brew button to successfully complete the brew cycle. I’ve decided to be kinder to the new device and will only put store-bought spring water through its innards. That should extend its life somewhat… even though I was fairly conscientious about cleaning the old pot with vinegar every month or so.
Oh… and just how did I know the old pot’s age, down to the day? By going here and punching in the appropriate dates. Handy lil site, that.
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Weirdness… Something strange has happened over the course of the last week. I’ve begun dreaming. Vivid dreams. Dreams that wake me up because of their intensity. The weird thing is I’ve never remembered my dreams throughout my entire life, with rare exceptions. I’ve read that everyone dreams… it’s just that some people don’t remember them… and that used to be me, until this past week. And now, all of a sudden here they are… in the most bizarre incarnations imaginable. I suppose “bizarre” is all in one’s mind, the inner workings of such being stranger in some folks than others.
But what else would you call a dream wherein you get into a bloody fist-fight with your ex-’s (relatively) new husband on account of said ex- asked you to be her Lamaze coach because “you did such a good job the first time?” And said ex- is well beyond an age where being “with child” is most certainly improbable if not impossible, let alone the fact that we rarely lay eyes upon one another. That was last night… and I sat straight up in bed once the blows started being exchanged.
Bizarre… and that’s just the tip o’ the iceberg. I know… TMI.
Being a very vivid dreamer - after years of puzzling dreams I bought myself a dream symbols interpretation book. It's helped many times - I'm the kind of person who not only dreams vividly but sometimes the dreams repeat themselves, with very little change, until I figure out what the damn thing means. Dreams are hardly ever literal, so you have to focus on the primary symbols.
ReplyDeleteSo...I've turned to my trusty book and using the primary images you mention, found this:
Pregnancy: signifies an embryonic stage of a specific type of awareness or enlightenment.
Fistfight: warns against the utilization of negative resolutions.
Divorce: applies to a clear separation of self from some formerly associative factor in life. (I choose this word because terms like ex-wife, former spouse were not in the book).
So - it's up to you to figure out where these fit into your life, if at all.
This is weird, Buck ... 1t's 76º here .... how come it is so cold in Portales?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not gin and tonic weather here today, chilly and rainy..maybe coffee instead. As far as dreaming, when I finally get to bed, bedtime around 3-5am 'cause I'm a night owl, it's like going to an all night movie. Very vivid, sometimes weird and puzzling and often in color. Probably why I'm not a morning person..too tired from the restless sleep. Just consider it cheap entertainment!!
ReplyDeleteI've always had vivid dreams. I go through times of remembering and times of not. And have a couple that are recurring - theme-wise if not exact event-wise.
ReplyDeleteA therapist I spoke to once told me that he thought the thing to think about was how did whatever I dreamed make me feel...I know, typically therapy talk but when I got away from what I was dreaming about and thought about the emotions experienced, it shed a different light.
All that said, I often wake up thinking "where did all of that come from???"
Your weather is on a real roller coaster, Buck! I guess 57F would put a bit of a damper on happy hour, but I think I'd find a way to fight through the pain.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember my dreams very often. But when I do they are very vivid, and I know the people in them. And they usually couldn't be spoken of in polite company.
Cold again here, too :(
ReplyDeleteI don't put a lot of stock in dreams other than they tend to show when I am anxious or worried or maybe have some unconscious emotion. I figure there is a lot of info stored in our brain. Maybe because of things we see on TV or in life, or some emotion we have during the day triggers different stored items in the brain to show up in dreams - but it is often jumbled and out of sync. The fact that your dream was so vivid is odd. Maybe it was the gin :)
ReplyDeleteHey Buck,
ReplyDeleteI keep having dreams that make me think I am still in the Service. This morning, I was starting off at BUD/S in Coronado.
At my age.
That qualifies as a nightmare.
How are the Wings doing? We can't see the games on tv.
Kris sez: "So - it's up to you to figure out where these fit into your life, if at all."
ReplyDeleteThanks for the time you took to look this stuff up, Kris. I think I'll stick with the "if at all" bit, coz (a) there's just about zero conflict in my life and no stress, and (b) my state of enlightenment is NEVER gonna progress beyond "embryonic," no matter WHAT I do.
Sharon: The wx WAS weird yesterday... we never broke 60 degrees until sometime early this morning. But it's back to normal today: the forecast is for 93!
SuzieQ: We keep the same hours, sorta. I'm erratic, though... sometimes I'm up ALL night, other times I'm in bed at a decent hour (by "normal" standards). I like your take on the dream thing..."cheap entertainment," indeed!! :D
Ann sez: "All that said, I often wake up thinking 'where did all of that come from???'"
I'm not a big fan of therapy... been there done that, threw away the frickin' tee shirt. I'm glad my insurance picked up the tab, coz I would have DEFINITELY felt ripped off if **I** had paid for it. I suppose it works for some people, but I'm not one of 'em. Oops, now I'm ranting. Back to dreams... and my reaction is identical to yours, i.e., "Where the Hell did THAT come from?"
Buckskins sez: "I don't remember my dreams very often. But when I do they are very vivid, and I know the people in them. And they usually couldn't be spoken of in polite company."
The people or the dreams? I know people like that, too! :D As for the dreams, I didn't address the truly weird dreams I've had this past week. Polite company, and all that!
Cynthia: You've had a looong, hard Spring!!
Lou sez: "The fact that your dream was so vivid is odd. Maybe it was the gin :)"
The fist-fight dream could have been gin-driven... I'm not discounting that. But I think not, coz this has been going on for well over a week and I've only mentioned the mildest dream. Some of the others are real doozies.
Darryl: BUD/S at your age would be over pretty quick, dontcha think? :D But I agree: nightmare. As for the Wings... they play tonight and can advance to the West Final if they beat The Quackers... which is likely.
Hee... ya know, I kind of hated to even write "therapist" as I know that causes all sorts of knee jerk reactions depending on experience and personal need/want/???
ReplyDeleteI have several tee-shirts, but I will also admit that there are times when I really like having someone to speak with who has no stake in any outcome...and I don't happen to mind paying for the privilege.
But...I don't expect everyone/anyone else to feel the same as I do.
Ann: Understand. As I said, I acknowledge some people get real value out of the experience; it just ain't me. The quote that remains with me from my last fling into therapy was what my female therapist (a lovely, astute, and highly qualified woman who did what she did quite well) said at the close of our last session: "Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and you seem to understand that." Well, yeah. Yes, I most certainly did understand that. Thanks. :D
ReplyDeleteForgot to mention it, but I admired your taste in coffee pots from when you posted a YouTube or a photo of your interior. Somewhere. Much better organized kitchen than what I had when I was bachelor-ing it.
ReplyDeleteThe coffee pot at work is a cheap-o model but I use bottled water anyway, because I don't trust the rocket-fuel laced groundwater. The one at work is one of these, and we use one of those water filter spigot-adapter things. I got that one shortly after splitting up with KidzMom...so lessee...we're into our fifth year on that one.
I really like this appliance a lot. It's a little bit of a pain to clean, with six (!) parts. Tragically, this means the dream of having everything set up & ready to go the-night-before, ends up being one of those plans you tell the angels about to make 'em laugh. Rarely happens. And that's one of the primary reasons for choosing "grind and brew"...but it isn't the only reason, and talk about a great cup o' joe.
Hey on the same subject, we were referred to this spot as a place to buy coffee, and now we snag it three to six bags at a time. Great stuff. Try the "three-pecker billy goat" blend.
Starbucks is a thousand feet down the sidewalk (this is Folsom). But we end up never going.
That's a pretty spiffy coffee pot, Morgan, and you put some good beans (judging from the web site) through it! My last live-in GF was a big Cuisinart fan, but we had to go through three (!) of their coffee pots before one finally worked. I'm thinking they had a QC problem on that specific model at that specific time, tho, based on your experience with yours.
ReplyDeleteI ALWAYS set my coffee up the night before back when I was gainfully employed. It doesn't matter much, these days... and my sleeping habits are so irregular that I'd have to reprogram the pot every night/morning anyhoo, so it ain't worth the trouble.
You a weather geek, too? (note, I am!) Oh well.
ReplyDelete57 and cloudy sounds like fine happy hour weather to me. It's that 91 bit that puts me off, but with your lack of humidity it's probably fine.
I've heard tell, and it seems to be true in my experience (IME?) that you only remember dreams if you wake up during them. Perhaps you're not sleeping as soundly as you once did?
Phil sez: "Perhaps you're not sleeping as soundly as you once did?"
ReplyDeleteWell, the fact that these dreams are waking me up seems to validate that. The good news is it hasn't happened in a couple of days now.