They involved an ex boyfriend, lying to princess Kate about that ex boyfriend, a cruise ship that had to catch a shark, a laser show that cost me $800, flirting with Chris Pine (who is in a indie rock band as a keyboardist in my dreams!) some of my old co-workers, and renting a car with the ex boyfriend.
I woke up very confused, and yet somehow, not at all surprised.
Dreams are so random.
I’m off today, so I slept in. When I woke up this morning I was dreaming that I was hanging out with Prince William and Duchess Kate. We were playing mini golf on the roof of this amazing castle in Europe with all these awesome topiaries.
That’s weird enough in itself.
But when I woke up, in my dream, the Duchess was trying to KISS me. I was having none of it, and kept trying to move away from her: evidenced by the fact that when I woke up I was thrashing about with my arms out, pushing an invisible person away from me.
Now I think the Duchess is a beautiful woman, but I don’t have a crush on her. I like men, thankyouverymuch. Wonder what that was all about brain?!
Hmm.
Happy Monday friends!
I dreamt last night that I was pregnant.
Pregnant!
Yikes. Not right now, no thank you!
My co-worker said it must be my motherly instincts coming out. I’m 31. I’m still not 100% sure that I want kids…let alone that I’m ready for them. Oy.
I’ve actually had the pregnant dream several times. Everytime I do, it’s because I have a stomachache in the night. This time was no exception.
Most of the time, this dream freaks me out completely. I’m not married, live with 2 other roomies, and don’t feel like I have my life completely together.
This time? The dream didn’t really bother me.
Maybe it means I’m growing up.
Huh.
So I dreamt about Tumblr friends again. Some of you, I’ve met in real life. Others, I just feel like I’ve met you.
My strange dream involved Chris and Bryon. I have no idea why.
All I can remember is this: I was dreaming that I lived in an apartment building with my apartment directly below Chris’s. For some reason, in order to use the bathroom I had to go upstairs (via a very strange and confusing stairway!) to Chris’s apartment. Bryon was showing me the way. For some reason Chris was being very sketchy about the fact that I would go into his apartment and into this shared bathroom. I was not impressed.
Now I’ve never met Pump. I’m sure he’s quite nice, he was in my dream! And I met Chris in Chicago before the Marathon and he was also a great guy. So I’m not sure why he was so weird about me being in his apartment.
So that’s my dream. Not terribly exciting, but kind of strange…and then I woke up to a text from another Tumblr Amy…telling me to get out of bed and go run!
Have a good day friends!
Oh Tumblr, you’ve invaded my dreams now!
I can only remember parts of last night’s dream, but I do know that David was in it.
I’m pausing to let that sink in, and for David to come up with some sort of dirty reply before I tell you that I can’t remember the gist of the dream. I do recall something about making this super long list of places that I had to go/run to and David was there and he (and some other people who I can’t remember anymore) and I were going to go to these places. It was a strange dream. I woke up in the middle of the night and thought, ‘I need to remember this dream so I can blog about it.’
Clearly that didn’t work.
In other news, I ran outside after work last night. It was warmish (about 70 degrees) and very humid. (We got Thunderstorms overnight.) I was a hot, sweaty mess. But it felt good, you know? That feeling when you know you’ve worked out hard and pushed your body? That’s how I felt last night. In exchange I slept hard last night, and dreamt about David. 🙂
Happy Tuesday Friends!
Its not that many. Its not a lot. But I’m going to run that many more miles by the end of the year.
Let me explain.
I’ve been keeping track of my miles on dailymile (friend me!) since I started seriously running last year. As of Saturday I’ve run 740 miles this year. I’ve been having some troubles staying focused on my running because I tend to do better when I have a schedule to keep. And since I don’t have any major races until the Lincoln Half-Marathon in May I don’t have anything to train for until January. So I need something to distract me. Something to keep me going. Because a wise person once said:
"Goals are dreams with deadlines.“ ~Diana Scharf Hunt
I need deadlines. I need distinct time frames that I must have things done in. So I decided that I would run 900 miles this year. With about 8 and a half weeks left in the year that works out to about 20 miles a week. Or 4 miles 5 days a week or any variation thereof. So now I have a goal. And I LOVE it. I need structure. I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that I work in TV News where you meet a hard deadline EVERYDAY. The 5pm news can’t start at 5:02 because I’m a little behind. It starts at 5pm. It actually starts at 4:59:00 here, betcha didn’t know that! 🙂 But regardless, I’m so much happier. I’ve felt like I’ve been floundering since the Chicago Marathon. I’ve needed something to focus on and it feels great that this is it.
Happy election day friends! I’m stuck at work for about 14 hours today! Hope you have a good one!
So I signed up for Chicago. It’s going to be my first full marathon. After I clicked submit I had a little buyer’s remorse. What had I done? What was I was thinking? Could I really train for and run 26.2 miles? The thought of it all suddenly overwhelmed me and I wasn’t sure what I had just done with my life.
And then, then I remembered this quote. I saw it last week, somewhere, on someone’s blog. I liked it. It stuck with me and it made me think. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I needed a new dream. And I think Chicago is it.
I have come so far in my life; I’ve lost 150 pounds, I’ve become a runner. I’ve done 5k’s, 10k’s, a half marathon, and am training for my 2nd half-marathon, and now will train for my first full marathon. I have changed my life. Now its time for my dreams to change.
But doing a full marathon? This scares the heck out of me. I’m terrified that I won’t be able to do it. That I won’t finish. That I will get hurt. That I won’t be able to push past the mental barriers that I set for myself. But I know I can and I will. Because, deep down I knew this was my dream. And its time to make my dreams come true!
Runnin' Down a Dream 