I dreamt I had a snake under my pillow last night.
So I did what anyone would do.
I scrambled to the end of my bed, stood up, and jumped off.
Because there was no way that snake was gonna get me.
Husband, who had to go downstairs at 11:00pm because he couldn't sleep and ended up having to watch Field of Dreams for the 94th time in his life to "see what happens", came running to see about the ruckus.
Umm....hello! There's a snake under my pillow. I had to jump as far off my bed as I could. You know, just in case there were also snakes under my bed.
I couldn't understand why he thought it was so funny.
It was obviously a genuine emergency.
The thing is, this isn't the first time something like this has happened.
I kind of have a problem with snake dreams.
When I was in Zimbabwe and had to take malaria pills I could count on a snake dream every Thursday night.
Malaria pills make you nuts.
There was the time that I stepped right on the spine of the girl sleeping next to me because I was standing up in my sleep trying to step over a dreamed-up snake someone was holding in front of me.
And then the time when I freaked out on Heidi Kole and chucked my sleeping bag over the side of the hut loft because I was sure there were snakes in the bottom of it.
Of course, the thing about Zimbabwe was that you never actually knew if it was a dream or not.
You had to take action just in case.
Because they have lots of deadly snakes there that wiggle into houses.
They also have hyenas.
I nearly encountered a pack of them on a middle-of-the-night bathroom run from my tent.
It wasn't a dream.
And I know that because I don't dream about hyenas.
Just snakes.
5 comments:
I'd like to hear Nick's version of the story--you know, just for fun. :)
I remember running into a rattle snake up in Ruby Valley...not a dream!
Husband says he will not reveal his side of the story because he "doesn't want everyone to know the truth". I really have no idea what he means by that.
And yes, the Valley of Ruby does have it's fair share of snakes. But at least they let you know where they are.
Ok - I do NOT remember you running into hyenas, but I totally believe you. Where were we when that happened? Far and Wide? Because I was so scared to make midnight bathroom runs at that place. Kat and I (and I'm sure you and I) would huddle together and walk as fast as humanly possible without tripping on the tree roots coming up in the paths.
Also - who did you step on? I wish I remembered all of these stories. We need to get people to write down all of the stories we all remember. That would be a fun collection.
too bad ian wasn't there. he would have shot it with his gun that has "magic bullets". he has a lot of stories these days that are total fantasy - and that is one of them. he shoots two snakes with a magic bullet because "God helped him". it's possible we've been reading david and goliath too much.
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