Thoughts In Bed

My best ideas always seem to run into my mind just as my head hits the pillow. There has been many times that I've woke and picked up my
mobile to quickly record an idea.

It's not a good experience for my husband who is soundly asleep beside
me and suddenly feels the bright light glare of the electronic screen
shining in the dark on his face. He usually makes a strange grumbling
noise which signals that I need to go back to sleep. My husband has
suffered a lot as a result of my writing but I tolerate his obsession
for online gaming so it seems a fair compromise.

My dreams have always been very vivid. Sometimes they are so real
that I wake in tears or the other end of the spectrum, which isn't
sexy when you are doing it alone and looks more like I'm being
possessed than... you know. If you don't "you know" what the other
end of the spectrum is then you'll need to read 50 Shades of Grey
because I'm not sharing. Sometimes my dreams actually make sense and
its like watching my own personal Blockbuster movie.

As I wake, I feel all the emotions, characters and locations wash out
of me. No matter how good the idea, like water I can't grasp them and
pull them back. Then they are lost in the pool of my imagination
which is a shame because the small snippets I have are a great source
of inspiration for my stories.

I read that when we first wake we can only recall half of our dream,
then after 5 minutes its almost completely forgotten. I feel blessed
that I often get flashes or reminders about my dreams - it feels a bit
like Dejavu.

I wish there was an easy way to remember the ideas that I have when
I'm meant to be sleeping. Perhaps one day there will be be a way of
recording our dreams so we can play them back. For now, I will just
have to try to note them down without disrupting my husband or my
sleep too much.

Next time I get writers block, I'm going to just sleep it off.

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