Do you guys have specific anxiety dream templates? What are they? I don't think I've ever dreamt the "I'm in school naked and can't find the upcoming Spanish test!" standard.

My recurring specific anxiety dream is not being able to find my car, having parked it in a confusing car park or a crowded parking lot. I've never had the "I'm naked in public!" anxiety dream. I have had the "It's finals and I didn't study all semester! dream a couple times, oddly long after I graduated school.

I have a lot of the "I forgot I signed up for this class and haven't been going all semester" dreams.

I have those but they are fleeting (or I don't remember much of them), but then I do wake up feeling all out of sorts.

In my recurring anxiety dream, I'm going round and round in a parking garage, but I never get to the exit. Dreams that were otherwise pleasant often end up in that damn parking garage.

My car radio/CD player was an artifact of the last century, but I didn't think about it much until the CD player died. I couldn't face driving to Nashville without audio distraction, so I replaced it today. The radio told me what song was playing. I can use my phone with it. It has a USB port. I'm living in the future. Of course, I'm going to have to sit in my car with the manual for a couple of hours just to learn how to set the presets.

Of course, I'm going to have to sit in my car with the manual for a couple of hours just to learn how to set the presets.

Get to the station you want. Then push the button you want it to be preset to and hold the button down until you hear a little noise. At least that's how my car does it.

Ooh, fun! A previous owner had put a fancy radio in my Volvo and I enjoyed it so much I had to give my sister an iPod when I gave her the car so she wouldn't be missing out.

I keep having the "it's finals time for a class I've never been to," with the addition of "I graduated 30 years ago! I don't have to make up any classes!"

Juliana and Sue, I'm sorry.

I managed to take more things out of my home than I brought back in the course of my errands today. Regular recycling, electronics recycling and a small bag of stuff to Goodwill. I failed to shop for gifts though. Somehow I hadn't realized that I leave town in a week. Meep.

The only "I'm late for the test" dream I ever had was when I was actually oversleeping and missing an exam.

Turmeric is supposed to reduce inflammation, right? Is that a thing where it has to build up in your system before it does any good? I'm trying some turmeric tea right now on the off chance it'll help with the neck pain that I've had all week.

I think I keep getting lost in Ginger's parking garage.

That's probably the same parking garage my car is lost in.