i've been having a lot of bad dreams lately that i think are real. most of the time, once i'm fully awake, i can logically realize that it didn't really happen. sometimes, not so much.

the most vivid example of the latter part of this was a dream i had a couple of nights ago. i heard my parents yelling at each other, and it sounded like they were yelling at me. i looked at the clock. it was 5am. i got out of bed to listen, but everything was quiet. i went out into the hall. everything was quiet. i finally went back to bed.

i felt uncomfortable all of the next day thinking that i had somehow caused a fight. finally, i asked my mom if she and dad had an argument around 5am. she looked at me all confused and said, "no?" and i said, "oh, i guess it was a dream. i thought i heard you yelling, and it woke me up." she laughed and said maybe i heard her yelling at the cat around 7:30am. i told her no, that i heard that, too. it also woke me up. but this wasn't that.

weird stuff.