That's better

[den]

I feel a lot better now, after a long night's sleep after a long road trip. I won't say it was uninterrupted. Every road trip of more than a few hours triggers nightmares in which I am in a series of horrible accidents involving a white Mercedes on a strip of road near Townsville. The accidents used to all happen while I'm trying to avoid the Merc: I hit trees, spin out, roll over... you name it, I crash in that way. And then I wake up, go to sleep, and crash again. Some years ago I gained a measure of control over the nightmares by deliberately aiming for the white Merc, and I remember feeling happy that I didn't crash.

Once my nights were a constant round of crashing and waking convinced I was dead. Last night I remember just three near misses and I still woke with the adrenalin rush you get from dangerous things, but I wasn't dead. I think the white mercedes is giving up its post road trip torments.

Comments

[bridgette01.livejournal.com]

ah. nightmares. totally relate. i am never able to recall what scares me, i just wake up running from my bed, usually involving snatching the cat on the way and find myself holding said feline protesting loudly like a set of bagpipes rigid with fear in wherever i end up. these go thru stages, and I am having a particularly bad patch at the moment, precluded by God knows what. But exhausting nonetheless.
hope you get an uninterrupted night's sleep soon..

btw, were you ever IN an accident near Townsville to preempt these dreams?
mary

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

well YOUR dreams sound like a laugh a minute batty dear.

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

BTW, your last "Mavrik" short is a dead link...

(Haven't heard from you in a while. Hope you're well!)