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.

Then push the button you want it to be preset to and hold the button down until you hear a little noise.

That's how my 20th century radio worked. This one is too cool for buttons.

Do you guys have specific anxiety dream templates?

Mine is 5% exams-coming-up-when-I'd-forgotten-I-was-even-registered-for-classes, and 95% "That show that closed last month didn't actually close, it was just on hiatus and we're starting up again tonight to a sold-out house and I completely forgot until just now and can't even find the script and call is in 45 minutes." I haven't actually *done* a show in a decade, but in dreams I have always just closed one that hasn't actually closed.

I'm so very sorry, juliana and Sue. Much love to you, and peace on the spirits of your sweet ones (cats have spirits; cats *absolutely* have spirits; I will brook no opposition on this).

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.

exams-coming-up-when-I'd-forgotten-I-was-even-registered-for-classes

Yes, yes, and yes. Why do we share something so specific? I think my "not hitting hard enough" is just a new scenario in not being prepared for something you should have learnt and just fucked up.

Kat! Cody tried to share one of the buckeyes with Isaac, and the boy popped the whole thing in his mouth. Such a brat. Egad, those are good, really more candy than cookie.

I have been running around like a kook for the past 3 days. I am so dang tired. Too bad we still have homework (Franny's) to get through.

Why do we share something so specific?

We all have had a lot of training in being anxious about exams?

Another accomplishment for my day - I finished up the turkey stock I've been simmering/steeping for approximately a week. It looks beautiful and the bit I sampled was delicious. Amazingly enough, the bits of carrot and turkey meat I gleaned were also still pretty tasty. I would have guessed all the flavor would have leached out by now, but no. Chopped up the heart and divided it amongst the cats and dog, and sliced up the gizzard and gave it to the dog (sampled a bit myself just to see what it tasted like; they've always been to tough for me to bother with before but this one fell apart as I was slicing. Not bad, but not so good that I didn't give it to the dog)

Really odd. 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

Mine used to be I was in school,but didn't know my schedule and was going to miss classes/couldn't get into my locker. Lately it's more about missing flights.

We all have had a lot of training in being anxious about exams?

I actually showed up for my English Lit O Level having read only the first few chapters of Great Expectations, and pulled an A out of my ass by finding two life-changing events for Pip in that brief space. So having lived through it, I'm surprised it still haunts me.