Many books have been written about the subject of dreaming, as in seeing things while sleeping. I wish I know a better word to describe it. Nowadays, to dream can also mean wishing for something, a positive thing. The English language can be great for making puns and being ambiguous but sometimes I want to be direct about the subject. I want to simply talk about the things I saw while sleeping, something that my brain somehow made up on its own, not because I want it to really happen. Sure, it maybe something I did subconsciously, fer sure. But not something I actively want. But enough of the meaning of "dreaming".
In real life, I am a cautious pedestrian. I always look both way crossing the street. I don't wear headphone and such, so that I am always aware of my surrounding. Definitely not staring at the smartphone screen while walking, as some people I know regularly do, very annoying. But in last night's dream, for lack of a better word, I caused a three-bus accident at a street intersection that seemed to be that of Canal Street and Baxter Street in Manhattan Chinatown. I crossed Canal Street from the north side to the south side but then immediately tried to cross to Baxter but the light was changing. A bus in the bus stop was moving forward so I tried to run behind it but then another bus was going in the driving lane. It seemed as I tried to go back to the sidewalk yet another bus came from the other direction of the two-way street. Now, in real life Baxter Street is very narrow, just enough for two parking lanes and one driving lane, it's a one-way street. In this dream, it was a two-way street, wide enough for buses to go through, so maybe it wasn't Baxter, but hey it was a dream, it didn't have to match reality. Anyway, perhaps because the third bus tried to avoid me, it braked too hard and went flying and hit the first bus. Again, physics may not apply in dreams. One thing I was sure is that as the levitated bus came at me, I was alert enough to lay flat and the bus flew right over me. I do recall feeling guilty for causing the accident, who knew how many people died or got hurt, so I guess my dream version also had integrity. I don't know what happened next because the shock in the dream woke me up. Or maybe it was my busting kidneys needing to unload.
Yes, back to reality. It is a three-day weekend, Memorial Day today, thank you to all who made the ultimate sacrifice. It was rainy for the first two days so I was home all day. I was hoping to do something outdoor today but the house has a plumbing problem. A plumber came yesterday but the problem is bigger than originally thought. He's coming back today with tools to rip off part of the bathtub wall etc. Water's been shut off for now for the whole house. It's a minor inconvenience, we lived through worse times.