i had two stress dreams last night, the first i've remembered in awhile.

in one, i was walking through a city with my friend john. my friend tigie drove up and got out of the car, but kept falling over and wouldn't talk to me. i ran up to ask her if she was okay and she shooed me away and wouldn't speak. then i heard a phone ring and she gestured for me to get it. it was a member of the marfa school board wanting to talk to her, but the connection was fuzzy so i wasn't able to communicate that she didn't seem to be doing very well. i gave her the phone but she wouldn't talk to him either, and she continued to fall and struggle to get up.

later i was hanging out with some seal biologists, who were quite impressed with me. they invited me to come study whales and seals in alaska, and i went home feeling blissful and excited to tell avram and my family. but my family got really upset and said, "we just moved here! you can't go to alaska!" so i told the seal biologists i wouldn't be able to join them. i felt really depressed.