So things are back to normal. Yay! - I think!
I am sleeping better at night and actually getting over 6 hours of sleep right now. That means the return of me remembering my dreams. Usually when I lack sleep I can not remember them but, I am remembering them right now... I have spongebob dreams.
What I mean by that is this: one day JoJo and I were watching Spongebob and I said, (after 30 minutes of it) "What is this about? What's the point"? And here is what JoJo said: "It doesn't have a point Tia - your just suppose to watch it, it's funny". He said it in a tone that had an underlying "duh, you old lady".
You see, I love to remember my dreams. I have such funny and random dreams. They always include loved ones; current friends, friends from the past as well and my nieces and nephews (they are regulars in my dreams, usually those are dreams of swimming with dolphins and traveling to other planets). I dream of the trips we will take when we have kids and hey, Rocky has even appeared in a few of them! My dreams almost always involve travel, I love my dreams- they are very comical.
Most of them are like watching cartoons- however, just like Sponge Bob they are very random and make no sense what so ever -but definitely entertaining.
Well, last night I had the dream of all dreams....It involves my favorite place to go in my dreams..... ITALY!!!!
I visit Italy often in my dreams..... doesnt everyone?
I'm telling you, this dream had me believing we had actually moved there, in fact... I woke up and before I opened my eyes this morning I thought, I need to find out where the post office is here (italy) so I can get the change of address forms (so my mail can get forwarded from Round Rock to where I was in florence, Italy) ha ha!
In my dream we moved into a small guest house perched up on a beautiful hilltop surrounded by a vineyard. In fact, I think it was the guest house of the house we stayed in when we went several years ago. I believe it was the same location except the real house we stayed in had no guest house! I like to call that the Spongebob effect, mixing of reality with fiction again, making no sense.
Anyways, we had moved to Italy, we lived in a small guest house. I was so involved in this dream that I know all the particulars of the house, the floorplan, the color of the walls, the wood cabinets. More importantly, the view was amazing......... Scott and I were sitting on the porch reading a book with a cup of coffee when I woke up from the dream because of the alarm.
After the alarm went off and Scott said good morning to me I realized I do not need to get change of address forms. I was still in Round Rock! So, I said good morning to Scott and told him "I had the BEST dream ever"!
This dream made my day! I woke up with hope and motivation.......... someday we will go back!I have always dreamed we would. Not to live (I would never make it away from the nieces and nephews) but, for a visit... a long visit.
Could it be all the travels shows I watch in fascination or the actual dream I have in my heart to return to Italy someday. Just Scott and I to stroll the streets, enjoy the laid-back pace of life while taking pictures and eating gelato till we pop!
Whatever it is that fueled it, I hope when I go to bed tonight I pick up where it left off.... in rocking chairs on the porch of some villa with my best friend, Scottie-my-hottie. Sipping coffee, reading, surrounded by God's beautiful creation and talking about God's goodness and faithfulness in our lives.
Sweet dreams everyone!
-missa
