The One with the Football and Cigarette

I had a dream last night that Marc, Ellen, Jeff, Mike and I were outside, at night, in a tennis court at a school. We were having some sort of party, I think, but Marc was like our sports coach. We were taking turns doing something with balls --- like we were taking turns at bat but we weren't playing baseball. I think we were using tennis balls and definitely a football. 

So at one point I volunteered to throw the football for people because I didn't really like 'playing' - it was like I was doing the pitching for batting practice and not taking a turn at bat. Ellen was smoking and when I decided to that, I took over from her and took the rest of her cigarette. So I was throwing a football at the rest of you, who were drinking beers and stuff, with the cigarette hanging out of my mouth.

The One Where Indiana Jones is My Dad

My family (Mom, Dad, my sister and I) went to Fiji on some Indiana Jones-type of adventure, but my dad was the Indiana Jones guy. All I remember was our second trip - like we had to go back for something. In Fiji there was a big amusement park like Six Flags and we had to go through it to get to where the archaeological treasure was. I wanted to see more of Fiji and we were planning on going the same route to the treasure, and I wanted to go a different way to see if we could still get to it.

I remember there being a big tube type of ride - like a tube water slide but without water - on the left and we had to go up this stairwell thing that looked like a really big version of the wooden playground sets. Once we got up there, we walked across a big covered bridge type of thing and I was asking mom how long we were going to stay this time. She kept saying "3 months" but I knew that wasn't right, so I kept asking and she eventually said just two days and two nights... I thought that was a rediculous amount of time to come all the way to Fiji for!

We got to this big underground cavern where a sarcophagus / idol was. Dad had to cut his hand and get blood on it to wake it up. When he did, a big thundering voice said, "Who disturbs my rest?" as the sarcophagus opened. I think Dad needed to ask him something... like we had already gotten the treasure but needed to know something else. That's when my alarm went off.

Dream Books

Following is a listing of the dream books I own... some I bought for myself, others were given as gifts.

	Dream Dictionary:  An A to Z Guide to Understanding Your Unconscious Mind Tony Crisp, Wings Books - This is probably my favorite of the bunch... it has more variety of entries, has examples, and is slightly more academic feeling.  Some entries are extensive, with the "Archetypes" entry 15 pages long.  There's not much other than dream dictionary entries, but it's the first book I turn to for symbol explanation suggestions.
	The Illustrated Dream Dictionary Russell Grant, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. -  Much less verbose than Tony Crisp's book, although some entries have many sub-topics.  This book seems to focus on the possibly predictive nature of dreams (i.e. dream of this and that will happen).
	Remembering & Understanding Your Dreams Craig Hamilton-Parker, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. - Pretty interesting, has illustrations by Steinar Lund and Lynne Milton.  It's much more than a simple dream dictionary, but the dictionary itself is not nearly as extensive as others.  Interesting topics like lucid dreaming, common dreams and famous dreamers.

Dream Themes: Peeing

The dreams you're most likely to remember are ones where you wake up in the middle... you just don't have time to forget about it while you continue your rest.

Often, people remember the last dream they had just before waking up for good in the morning... and one thing that comes along with waking up is your morning pee.

I find that I incorporate real-life sounds, feelings, etc. in my dreams. I recall having a dream where I was outside, and in real life, my mother opened my bedroom door to wake me up. In my dream, a door appeared out of thin air and opened just before I woke up.

I have seemingly countless dreams where I have to pee... sometimes I actually get to pee (and, contrary to popular belief I do NOT actually pee the bed), but most of the time I'm stuck endlessly getting interrupted.

Sometimes I walk into a bathroom and all the toilets and urinals are so disgustingly filthy I can't bring myself to use them.

Other times, I'll be in a bathroom with dozens of urinals or toilets, I get ready to go, and someone will come in and - with all the free spaces - will come and stand right next to me.

I've had dreams of peeing into the strangest locations - once a beautiful gold or bronze bejeweled bowl, I remember.

I just looked up "urine/urinate" in one of my dream books, "Dream Dictionary: An A to Z Guide to Understanding Your Unconscious Mind" and it says, "Dreams in which we try to go to the toilet but it is mysteriously locked or closed, may be due to the need to pee during the night." (p. 394)

It was interesting that two of my other dream books didn't even go near the subject. Perhaps it's too "dirty"????

I know whenever I have the dream I wake up and always have to go...

See dreams in the blog that have to do with peeing.