I rememeber when I was around twelve years old. I'd been reading a Nancy Drew mystery aloud to my family and I was nearing the end of the book (about 5 chapters left maybe). One night I dreamed the ending of the book. However, when I actually got to the end, the writer had written a totally different (and I thought less satisfying) ending for the book.

I do dream a lot and often remember the dreams. Night before last I dreamed that I was a waitress in a busy restaurant. I was the only one working I guess. The room was full and I was struggling to get to everyone. A customer stopped me and wanted to talk about my books which I would like to discuss but couldn't at the time...his questions were a block to what I needed to do. Other customers didn't give their orders fast and I was more and more aware of how far behind I was getting. Then a Science show or something like Cosi let out and hordes of children and parents flooded into the room. I woke feeling that I was overwhelmed and couldn't possibly do what I needed to do but I was working away, trying to do it anyway.

So, instead of putting that in the novel I'm writing or into a short story, I analyzed it to see what my sub conscious mind had to say about ti. I often have dreams of struggling against the odds and I'm sure that is because I am always struggling against some barrier or other.I try to do a lot in each day and of course that makes for a certain stress. I chose waitress as a practical metaphor for working hard but being overwhelmed with everything I needed to do and then having the realization that more work was coming...maybe more than I could possibly complete.

Maybe my sub conscious mind thinks I need a break?????