Forceful Dreams

A little background...next to my bed sits a garbage can. On top of that garbage can is a box that acts as a sort of night stand. When I went to bed last night, it had a box of tissues with the book The Work and the Glory #2 sitting on it and a few pieces of a large chocolate candy bar on top of the book, 2 cups of water (one for last night and the one from the night before), an empty cup, my tv remote, my glasses, and some miscellaneous trash (ok, it's stupid, but I don't have a trash bag in the can at the moment, so the empty wrappers and such sit on the box waiting for me to get one). Oh, and my phone is there also.

I am dreaming last night, and in my dream, I go to push someone down as they are leaning over. I sort of fall with them.

I then wake up with my hands against the box, and water spilling all over. It takes me a little bit to realize what the dripping sound is. Then I see that the tissue box, book, and chocolate have landed in the box of shoes on the other side of the garbage can. That box is now filling with water and the tissues and book are getting soaked. In my weird state of mind, I grope around for the 4 pieces of chocolate that I can see are at the very bottom of the box. Funny how that is what I think to save.

I put a piece of the slightly damp chocolate in my mouth, then look and see if I can find my phone and glasses. I find the phone and the remote on the floor, a little wet but not too bad. I grope around for the glasses and can't find them, so I flop on the bed in despair. I must go turn on the light.

So, I stumble to the light switch across the room. I find my glasses under the bed and put them back on the box. I see that the two cups are laying on their side, with all the water either soaking into the lid of the box or falling off the sides. I can still hear some dripping into the can.

I briefly think about cleaning it all up. Then I reconsider, turn off the light, and snuggle back under my blanket. I go back to sleep and have more equally strange dreams and wake up completely exhausted.

I will have to put that garbage can liner in today, after I dry out the can.