Dreams and other stuff

Had two disturbing dreams in one day.

The first was while I was sleeping at night.  I'm in a house that I know to be mine.  It is not the one I really live in.  I think this is a new house.  I go to the door because it is not closed properly.  I try to get it to close and it falls out of the wall, door sash and all.  Oh oh!

There is another door beside it, also not properly closed.  Should I try to fix it?  If I do, it might fall out too. 

Then I realize it may not matter.  I look up and see there is no ceiling or roof on this portion of the house.  It has burned off!

I look to the part of the house containing the bed rooms.  It is fine.  Just this part, where the den and kitchen are is damaged. 

We must have slept through the fire!!  Did no one notice?  Did no one call the fire department?  Did my smoke detectors not go off?

Why am I blaming others?

I wake up.

Paranoid about fire all day.  Check the smoke alarms.  Check the hoses.  Check the pilot lights.

Took a nap later and had just a snippet of a dream.  My cat is beheaded!!

Wake up and shake that image off. 

I think of it again after I put the girls to bed.  Where is the cat?  When did I last see him?  Oh shit!!

I go out front and call him.  No answer.  Son pulls up.  I tell him about the dream.  I go out back and call the cat.  No answer.  This cat comes when I call.  Much better than the dog.

This is terrible.  Panic begins to creep in. 

Son goes inside and to his room.  "Found him!" 

The cat had been in Son's room all along.  A fate just this side of beheading.

Snuggle the cat for half an hour.

Son signed up for direct deposit at work.  Could get his money a day earlier each pay period.  No need to go to the bank.  Well, Thursday came and went and no money.  Saturday still no money.  Asked boss.  Told the first one can be late.  Today, no money.  He is all pissed and pissy and goes into work to check.  Calls me almost in tears.  Payroll says it's the bank.  Bank says it's payroll.  What should he do?  It will be 8 days before he can get a reissued check.

I feel so bad.  I can hear the stress in his voice.  I tell him to call payroll and ask for the account number used.  He calms down and says okay.  Sure enough, they input the wrong number.  Not his fault because he just gives them a voided check.  They can now retrieve the money and cut a check tomorrow.  A bit of annoyance but more quickly fixable. 

Now he is bringing home dinner.  Yeah.

My head hurts.  It is caffeine withdrawal.  I think it is time to ditch the soda.  I see these commercials for quitting smoking.  "If you can learn to do something without a cigarette that you usually do with a cigarette...."  I realize much of the pop I drink is out of habit. 

So, now I check my email without a soda.

Drive without a soda.

Do a puzzle without a soda. 

I had one soda yesterday.  With dinner.  Today I made tea to cover that time.

I can only snack with a Diet Coke.  So perhaps my snacks will diminish too. 

We'll see.  Over 24 hours and aside from the headache, I feel fine. 

New camp started today.  Full house.  One know-it-all and 2 drama queens.  The rest are incredible!!!  Should be a fun week.