My Sleeping Brain Strikes Again

I’ve been in a bit of a dark place, so to combat it, I crawled into a book, which helps to quell the negativity in my brain. And when I come up for air, the darkness has abated a bit, but threatens to return.  But don’t worry, I am managing it well enough. If I say I’ve stopped taking showers – then come for me 😁.

I blame the ants for this mood 🤪. And hormones…

I know we have had a few discussions about the weirdness that occurs in my dreams, which always centers around the vividness and detail of my dreams. Well, I’m adding another layer of oddness to the mix today.

You see sometimes when I dream, I may not remember the dream, but a part of my brain will latch onto a word or an image and try to drag it into wakefulness. The first time I can remember the word I dragged out of my sleep was about two years ago. The word was Colleton and I remember my brain fighting with itself, one side trying to convince the other the word was collection (it wasn’t 😜). So I pulled Colleton out of my brain knowing there had to be a reason I was trying so hard to remember it. Turns out there is a Colleton County in SC as I learned a few days later while I was watching the local news (something I rarely do). I’m sure there is a larger reason my brain fought so hard to remember that specific word, I just haven’t figured it out yet. But when I do, it will be the biggest AHA moment that I will share with you all 😁.

The last time this happened was Monday night/Tuesday morning and this word was a struggle to hold onto because again the two sides were fighting because one side wasn’t sure it was a real word (at this point you are all thinking that somebody needs to study that sleeping brain – I couldn’t agree with you more 🧠). The word this time was excoriate which means “to censure or criticize severely”. Now I’m wondering what the hell I was dreaming that this was the word that came up 😳. I will tell you it was a battle to get that word to stick but stick it did. And behold later Tuesday morning I read this headline 

‘You do not know what you’re talking about’: Fauci excoriates Rand Paul

CNN Headline 7-20-21

Coincidence? Maybe not. But really, how often is the word excoriate used on a regular basis? When was the last time you used it in a sentence? It’s not common in ever day language. And as sure as I was that it was a real word, I don’t think I’ve ever actually used it.

I pay attention to these oddities because one day they will all make sense. Probably only to me 😆😆😆. 

Note: If you look closely at the brain emoji, it kind of looks like a 👊🏻. Or is it just me? 😜