Another Brief Blog Break

Just a quick dream recall before I leave for a work conference for a few days, thereby creating what could be considered just the "lull" Nate's been waiting for. I COULD have skipped this entry, which would have left almost an entire week blog-free.... but that would have been WAY too long for my taste. I wouldn't want all of this pregnancy energy to be bottled up for that long with no blog outlet, now would I?

This was a couple of nights ago - we were shopping in some store that's like Reny's, only it was even more disorganized than Reny's. It was run by people with varying degrees of mental illness and/or mental delay, and they didn't have a real system for actually collecting money for what they were "selling". So it was kind of a free for all, unless you were a good Samaratin and used the honor system. They were all very friendly and you could tell they loved their job, but it was a chaotic atmosphere. Their clothes selection consisted of maybe 20 garments total, mens/womens/childrens, and you couldn't tell if they were new or used, and they were folded up and placed on a table, so if you wanted to pick one up to see the full garment, you just had to fold it back up and put it back on the table the way it was once you were done. No clothes racks with hangers.

The thing that sticks out most about the dream was the fact that they were having this big "sale" on Christmas stuff, and there was this sense that the sale was because they thought Christmas was right around the corner. However, it was real time: April. But no one had the heart to tell them the truth; instead we just all cashed in on amazing "deals". The big item they were trying to move, was literally a huge item: this hanging plastic bag/mural thing with Christmas pictures on it, and 24 rectangle pouches, 12"x16"in size, filled with chocolate candies. So, stepping back to look at it, I surmised that it was the world's largest advent calendar, and instead of getting just one chocolate per night after opening the window, you got a bag that weighed approximately 8 pounds. Of chocolate. But, it was the unfortunate kind of bad chocolate - you know, some random cheap brand that makes chocolate with a taste that's just a bit "off". But hey, at least you got a lot of it. I woke up before finding out if I was the sucker who took this item off their hands, so we'll never know.

And don't worry Mom, I am fine with the usual advent calendars you send us each year with small windows and no bad chocolate. REALLY.