Judy woke up this morning and moved. This, naturally, caused me to – vaguely – awaken, also, though I didn’t move much. I just lay there, quietly, facing away from her, staring at the bookcase opposite my side of the bed and wondering what she was going to do next.
And then, not surprisingly, she did it…
She spoke.
Judy: “I just had a really uncomfortable dream. But I can’t remember what it was about.” And then she went on, “It’s like the details are quickly approaching a cliff and are about to go over into complete oblivion.”
Bill: “You bad a really convertible cream and you shan’t December fuzz had a clout?”
Judy: “I think you need to turn your not so bad ear to me. I will repeat this one time only.”
I rolled over to face Judy, with an emphasis on my right ear slightly more toward her face.
Judy: “I just had a really uncomfortable dream. But I can’t remember what it was about. It’s like the details are quickly approaching a cliff and are about to go over into complete oblivion.”
Bill: “Do you remember anything that was in the dream?”
She thought, in silence, for a few moments and then said, “Well, there wasn’t a dirigible. And there was no llama.”
B: “There wasn’t?”
J: “Yes, there wasn’t. I don’t think there was a cow or an ice cream cone, either. And I’m certain that it didn’t take place in ancient times or in the ocean or in Mexico.” She paused and then continued, “And there were no stairs or a garage. It didn’t involve a desk.”
B: “I see… So you are eliminating everything that was NOT in the dream.”
J: “Yes.”
B “And by doing so, whatever is not on the “missing” list has to be in the dream.”
J: “Yes, that’ right.”
B: “And then you can put all things that are in the dream together to form a completed picture of whatever it was that made you so uncomfortable in the first place.”
J: “Yes.”
B: “It’s like a puzzle.”
J: “YES!!! It’s a puzzle!”
B: “How long do you think it might take?”
J: “Who cares? It’s a puzzle! I can work on it when I get home from work each day! This is going to be FUN!”
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