So much for sleep...

The week before last I remember being so excited by all the good sleep I had gotten that week. This last week I didn't really feel like I got any sleep at all. I stayed up way too late and woke up way too early. Tonight, I slept about 30 minutes before I had a bizarre nightmare that I had to wake myself up from. It was one of those halfsleep-halfawake nightmares that I get. I always think that I am actually awake in the dreams because I'm in bed and it's dark and I can see all around me. The catch is - I can't move. Any and all attempts to move cause really weird sensations to go through my whole body. It's a wierd dream state that apparently not all people experience. Several years ago I participated in some study about it (which really just means I took a survey...) and they related it to "out of body experiences" suggesting that this dream state is what most people think an out of body experience is.

Anyway.

So tonight I fall asleep and am awoken by what sounds like a central heating or air conditioning system turning itself on. Fine, except that I have neither. It got freakier and freakier because I couldn't move to get up to check on what the noise was. Then, I started to see shapes most of which I couldn't make out. I tried screaming. (I always do when I have these dreams because they genuinely terrify me but unless I'm having a lucky night I sleep alone, so I don't know if I actually do scream...) Eventually, I make one of the shapes out to be a very big, very angry dog with very big teeth jumping onto my bed to attack me. I really freak out now and feel like I'm somehow falling off the bed.

But I was able to wake myself up instead. I checked the house and no odd sounds. No sounds at all really, except for the fan buzzing on this computer. I doubt that I'll be getting back to sleep anytime soon.