The Godzilla Nightmare

I've had very vivid dreams ever since I was a child. Some are good, some are super scary and some are just plain weird. I nearly always remember what I've dreamed too. I've even died before in a dream. Last night's dream was weird and long so I thought I'd share it.

The dream started out and I was in a mall. I was with some other people and I think Todd was there. There was stomping outside and all the power went out. I got some back story somehow - Godzilla had a mate and they were trying breed right by the mall.

The power did come back on eventually. We were in the food court and I had wanted cheesecake. But by the time the power came on, the cheesecake store said they were closed. I was more upset about the lack of cheesecake then Godzilla getting it on not far from where I was.

For some reason, Godzilla's mate got killed and this caused Godzilla to be mad and look for a new mate to have giant lizard babies with. I was now in this huge house that was overlooking a lake. It was beautiful until Godzilla came and smashed it up.

The house had a basement so me and the other people there went to the basement. We tried hiding but Godzilla kept coming and smashing things up. It wasn't like he was actually after me, I just had really bad instincts on not going where he was.

I ended up in this old shopping center. Godzilla himself wasn't really around for this part, but he had successfully mated with some giant lizard and there were now babies. If the babies touched you, your skin turned green around the edges and you became a lizard zombie.

I tried hiding myself in a bunker with another girl. We had DVD's in the bunker so we thought we were set, but it was breached by the babies. We ran and ended up in this Asian store.The shopkeeper lead us back through the shop to all these hidden rooms. There was this huge bath in the back that was more like indoor swimming pool.

We weren't safe for very long - and I ended up being bitten by the Godzilla babies. I felt pretty good about it and enjoyed swimming while being green and lizard-y.

It was at this point that I woke up. I felt very groggy so I ended up playing on my phone again. I didn't want to slip right back into the dream because that can cause me to have sleep paralysis sometimes. When I did finally get back to sleep about an hour later, I did start dreaming about Godzilla again. Needless to say, I'm pretty wiped today.

When I told Emily about the dream she was a little sad that I didn't get stomped because she says that Godzilla stomps people and things. But the dream was weird enough to begin with.

First Time Camping

The weekend before Memorial Day weekend my in-laws came to town. They generally don't stay with us because my MIL is allergic to our cats. Last first they just got a hotel room but this time they decided to rent a cabin at a nearby rv park.

Both Todd and I camped quite a bit when we were younger and we have talked about getting tents and going camping. He thought Emily was too young though and that she'd pitch herself in the fire. So when my in-laws came down, Emily got to experience her first camping trip.

The weather was oddly cold for the end of May, but she had a good time anyway. She stayed over a couple of nights, which was nice since Todd and I got to have a date night. We went to see Godzilla. And of course, gave Emily time to spend with her grandparents.

One of the highlights for Emily was making s'mores. She also had a good time putting twigs in the fire - and she didn't pitch herself in. There was also a small playground she liked going to. The pool looked nice but it was much too cold to swim.

It was a nice introduction to camping for Emily. Hopefully we'll be able to get a tent (and maybe a pop-up in the future because I'm not a fan of tent camping) and be able to have our own camping adventures like Todd and I had as kids.