Dream

I woke up with a headache today. Not sure if it's because of the way I was sleeping: on my back, with my head on two pillows, creating a bend in my neck? Plus I'm sure it doesn't help when the air mattress loses air and I sink closer to the floor. My dreams have been vivid lately, but the subject matter is odd. Last night was the 2nd time I dreamed of being in a new house. This house had a huge first floor (actually I don't remember there being a 2nd floor), seemed like 3k square feet, in a southwestern open layout. It was the holidays and we were decorating. We had friends over, I didn't recognize them. I could sense Joanne's presence, but I never see her, same as in other dreams. I see people talking to her, and I hear her talking to them, but I never see her. The decorations are unlike any I've ever seen, yet we are happy that our new house is big enough to hold all of them, as if we've had them for a long time but were unable to bring them all out until now. Last week I dreamt of another housewarming event we had, at another place that was not this house, and I remember a face. She had thin dark straight hair, to just under her chin. Her face was plain but bright, her eyes were brown but big. It seemed as if I knew her well, yet I don't recognize her from anyone I remember in real life. Is she someone I've met, or have yet to meet? Another odd thing in these dreams is that I seem younger than I am now, like 20 years younger. Usually my vivid dreams (or parts of them) come to life many months later, but I'm confused as to how this will happen if I'm younger in my dreams. I don't know if the dream gods will be upset with me publishing these things and I'll be banished from dreaming anything memorable again. I also believe that my ship blanket must not be upside down, that the masts must point North like my head. My dreams don't last very long, not sure why. Maybe it's because I wake up every hour to re inflate the mattress. I wish I could find that slow leak. I would love to sleep uninterrupted for more than an hour. It seems like all I want to do is worry less and sleep more. I like my work duties, they keep my mind busy. I don't like my home life, and now that both girls are living here and neither are currently working, I no longer have time or space to myself other than in my room, away from the rest of them. They do the same in their own rooms, so it all works out, but the house is no longer all mine. Bills are piling up, calls are more frequent. I see a light at the end of the tunnel, I believe this will all end soon, one way or another. Time to go and find out...