Dreaming...

I have to go buy more paint.

I have two dream dictionaries I bought a million years ago when I was into it. Really into it. Now they just collect dust on a bookshelf until I have an odd dream and pull them out.

Last night I dreamed that I went to a family reunion, but I remember seeing both sides of my family there. And it was at a house where we had to help work on the basement (painting, drywall, etc.) so I had to put my sneakers on, but didn't know which socks to wear. I think I went through about 5 different pairs of socks. And my cousin was there. Except that he wasn't my "real life" cousin. He was the guy who was kicked off the Apprentice a while back. Danny, the one who played guitar. Except in my dream his name was Michael.

That got me thinking about dream interpretation. I am in the process of recarpeting and painting my basement. So of course, that made sense. But Danny? And who is Michael? And what's with the socks? It did remind me that I needed to buy paint. But my basement reminds me of that every day.

I once had a dream where I ran over two birds. They were still alive so I put them onto towels in my mother's linen closet and cared for them and tried to get them back to health. They eventually died. I looked up that dream in a dictionary and it said that I would have both good luck financially, but I will get some news that will worry me. That dream was several months ago and I have not gotten a raise, won the lottery, or heard troublesome news. Or maybe what was troublesome was that I just killed two birds (Aha! But I didn't use a stone.)

I think I need coffee.