DREAM

So I had this dream…

Did your eyes just glaze over? Is there anything more tedious than listening to someone describe one of their dreams? It’s like they’re going to show you pictures of their vacation, only none of it will make sense.

“Yeah, we were in this warehouse, and then my third grade teacher was there, and we were all eating raspberries, and there was this monkey running around, and a woman with a backpack, and she offered me a ride on her skateboard, and then we were on the beach, and this guy with a huge salami was chasing me, and then I woke up.”

Are you paying attention? Because I lost interest back in the warehouse.

There are a couple of exceptions to this “dream situation”—if I’m actually in the dream, I tend to find it interesting. And if it’s one of Jill’s dreams, I tend to be interested even if I’m not in it, because I want to know who she’s thinking about besides me. But otherwise, really, I’m not that interested.