Tuesday, August 25, 2026

An Amusing Way to Wake up Grateful

Usually when I wake up in the morning and realize the other side of the bed is empty, I feel sad.  This morning, I actually started to laugh and feel grateful I hadn’t lost my mind and married a pompous ass. 


I had awakened the first time about 4 am and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I worked on some New York Times Puzzles.  About 6:30, I fell back to sleep, and when I woke up the next time, it was after a crazy dream.


In my dream, I was married to a man who looked nothing like Bill.  He was shorter and stockier.  We were dressed up as though coming from church.  He was wearing a suit.  I had on a dress with a coat of some type over it.  We got out of a car and headed into a house via a garage where the door was up. 


He entered the garage first.  I had stopped outside the door to look at a flower, so he reached the back of the garage just as I was entering.  He pushed the button to close the door, and it came down on me hitting me in the back and knocking me to the floor.  He never noticed and went into the house.


I had trouble getting up on my own.  I called out to him, but he paid no attention.  I crawled across the floor a bit, repeatedly calling to him.  I finally managed to get up on my own. 


When I found him in the house and told him what had happened, he did not apologize and express concern for my well-being.  Instead, he went into a monologue about how he had been in the military and entered many secure facilities, and he had to know complicated codes to enter on a keypad to get in.


I screamed at him, something I never did in 54 years of marriage to Bill, “Have you lost your ever-lovin’ mind? This isn’t a military facility; it is someone’s home!  You just punched the button for a garage door opener!”


I woke up, realized I was alone, and was so grateful, that I started to laugh.

I hope you’re getting a laugh too and not attempting to psychoanalyze me by my dreams.



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