Dream 045 – family, injuries, over-reacting

This one was short, but it had some resemblance to plot.

*start of dream*

I am outdoors with many family members, young and old. Everyone is running around having a nice time, but we’re also falling down a lot. There are many scrapes and bruises that need minor first aid.

I fall and skin a large section of skin off my left shin. The scraped section was bright red, but not bleeding. Still, it’s sore and I apply a large bandage to protect it.

While I’m taking care of my leg, I see that one of my younger nephews takes a huge fall. He must have hurt himself, but he shrugs it off. Then my sister goes over to him and starts yelling at him about something he said earlier. My sister is in tears because her feelings were hurt and my nephew just stands there and listens to her tirade. Another family member comes to stand next to me as we watch and we start commenting to each other about how this little kid can so easily brush off a terrible fall, but a grown adult can’t shrug off something said by a young child.

*end of dream*

Dream 044 (mini-dream) – a vacation, a website, cake

I think I need to re-evaluate my caffeine strategy. Over the past couple of months, I found that upping my caffeine during the day made my dreams more vivid. Now, I think it’s having the opposite effect. I’ve been back from vacation for about a week and my dreams are sub-standard. I’m having mini-dreams at best, which breaks my little dreaming heart.

*start of dream*

I’m standing in a bedroom with a friend. Her belongings are scattered across a bed. She’s packing for a vacation of some sort. She hadn’t told me that she was going away and I try to hide my disappointment because I was hoping to invite her to something (can’t remember what). I know she needs this get-away, so I tell her that I hope she gets a lot of rest while she’s gone.

I then turn my attention to helping someone build a website. He’s picked a strange format of leading with text and putting pictures at the end. I tell him that’s like baking a cake and once it has been eaten, you announce “Hey! I have icing too!”

*end of dream*