I slept wonderfully last night. I was just happy to sleep, wonderfully or not. On On Sunday night, I decided that my sleep pattern had gotten so far off of normal, I had to stay awake all night. So I did.
Having no sleep, I was exhausted almost the entire day on Monday. I managed to stay awake and functional the entire day, but when it was time for bed, I slept.
I slept so well and had a good deal of mentally-refreshing REM sleep. I remember having at least two dreams. I dreamed I was in the past — 1994 or so — with a girl who was presumably a girlfriend. It was a pretty vivid dream. When I say I was in the past, it wasn’t a dream about my 1994 self, it was my 2004 self who was somehow in 1994. I did have my cell phone with me, and it couldn’t find a digital signal, only analog. This part of the dream was very specific. I could see the phone in my hand and it looked correct, even down to the icon used for the detection of an analog signal.
I remembered at least one other dream, but now it has gone from me. I think I’ll keep a notebook by my bed so I can write them down.
I need to continue going to sleep early. I tend to need a “sleep correction” every week or so. I just don’t tired at night as much or as early as I should.
Huh. I thought I had read that remembering dreams is a sign that you didn’t sleep well; remembering your dreams means you woke up mid-cycle. But hey, if you feel berter, good!
You need to slow down. You need to rest and take care of yourself. Deep down you are yearning for simpler times when things moved slower and you got more rest. Even in your dreams you are going back 10 years, which can be disorienting, but you woke well rested.