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You know those moments just before you fall asleep? You slide into a state of half-consciousness or perhaps half-unconsciousness if you’re a pessimist. During these moments, one can still control the ability to think… but not very well. This is when I always remember things I forgot to do during the day. Or I’ll have a brilliant idea, and I’ll sleepily wonder if I should write it down, but I reassure myself that I’ll remember it in the morning, and sure enough when the morning comes it’s completely gone. Thus my chances at writing the Great American Novel, or even making the Great American Sandwich, are destroyed.
Sometimes this state of mind brings thoughts I can’t explain, and that’s what happened about two nights ago. As I was drifting off, I was thinking about the Depakote I take to keep my myoclonic epilepsy under control. Then I thought about my neurologist. Then I thought about the fact that my next appointment is just after the first of the year.
Then I thought, What if, when I walk into the waiting room, the usual receptionist isn’t sitting behind the little glass partition? What if instead, the person who hands me the clipboard and asks me to sign in is… Darth Vader? I could clearly picture the Dark Lord of the Sith there in the office, surrounded by two-year old issues of Time. With his lightsaber hanging from his black uniform, he would cut quite an imposing figure, and if he asked me in his James Earl Jonesing voice to update my insurance information, I would comply in two shakes of a bantha’s tail.
This wasn’t a dream, because I wasn’t asleep yet. But it wasn’t the kind of thought I’d have if I were fully alert, either. As I said, I can’t explain where this thought came from, and though I’m a Star Wars fan, I can’t say I hope it happens in reality.
Join me next time when I pose the question: What if my teller the next time I go to the Wells Fargo drive-through is the Noid?
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I wish I could be hiding in your brain when you have thoughts like that.
xo, Amy
p.s. I didn't know you have epilepsy. Everything okay with that? |
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| Everything's fine. The Depakote really does the trick. |
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Wow, this topic is coming up a lot lately. I now know of at least 3 people that have posted on their sites about lucid dreaming and the crazy things around it. pretty weird. check out www.davidpotter.net for just one example of this.
Oh and that epilepsy thing can be quite a scare...you got me good at an Easter service when we were still little high schoolers. Glad to hear all is well with it. And Depakote huh? thats some crazy stuff some kids I use to work with at a home had to take it , but I'm sure they took way more than you. Just as a side note don't try to snort it because it will hurt. (one of the kids tried it and it wasn't pretty) |
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| You know what be even crazier? If it was Darth Vader, and he talked like James Earl Jones, but back when he still stuttered. That would be a trip. |
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