Circles

Sometimes I wish I actually could wake myself up when I know that I'm dreaming...

I was in a big city, surreal and empty in a way no real city actually is, and I was running to find S's parents' house. Every building I ducked in did not have a public bathroom, and I had to PEE! I was hoping that I would reach S's parents' before I burst, but I couldn't remember what their house looked like or remember any landmarks that would lead me to them. So instead I wandered the empty streets, glistening as if a light shower occurred some moments before. After a while, the water began to evaporate and the streets became very steamy and humid, and the night air felt heavy. I began to get nervous, and found an alley that seemed okay enough to pee in. Just as I was popping a squat, a cat skittered by, and I jumped up, realizing that I didn't have much actually in me and that I was developing a UTI.

Around that point I semi-realized that I was dreaming, but could not seem to awaken myself. So I kept wandering, half-heartedly now that I knew it wasn't "real," when my phone rang. S told me to take a left and scoot down a snicket and his parents' house would be there, and when I did so, I became excited again that I'd have a bathroom to use. But when I got in, his mom grilled me as to why I needed to use the bathroom, and chastised me for having a UTI, as that was clearly some sign of poor hygiene or ineptitude in some way. Ashamed, I left, and repeatedly jumped in and out of the pond out back in an attempt to awaken myself.

Finally my phone rang for real, and I woke up. With a UTI.

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