What an Overdose Trip...Figuratively!

A week ago I had pain in my throat, the feeling of sick was coming on. It was before the local doctor's office was going to go on vacation for the long Christmas weekend and I wasn't about to stay sick the whole week without my meds. I go to the doctor's office and what do I find out? It was I had an ear infection yes...gross, I know. I thought I had a sore throat but the doc said I'm going to give you 333 mg of erythromycin to take for 10 days 3 times daily. Now I don't know about prescriptions and doses but 333 is not a round number. After the 3rd day of taking these pills I had been going to sleep by 9pm when usually I was a late sleeper, often called vampire to friends because I would only sleep when the Sun came up.

I finally realized one night when it was around 8pm and suddenly I wasn't in Chicago anymore, but I was in California while the sky was still glowing dark blue and the Moon was still shining full and bright I realized I was walking to my red truck, I don't recall owning but okay I knew it belonged to me.

As I approach I see two gentlemen standing on the drivers side but near the back wheel talking. I had a feeling come over that they were going to carjack me, but they were older and wrinklely so I think I could take them. I open the door and suddenly someone's in the car with me.... I think my mom, so whatever. I realize, I hadn't closed the door right away and now the two men were on their way to be beside me.

I sat back in my seat again and took a deep breath. "Okay just hurry up and do it, " I said to myself. I reached for the door to close it before the two men came any closer to me. So I reach out and grab for the door and guess what? It's was as thin as air! It was translucent, transparent, my hand went right through the door. As for the handle, I couldn't close it! Astonished, I hesitate and sit back in the car and collect my nerves quick and know my instincts are strong and I know I'm about to be carjacked, so I'm going to face my fear! "1, 2, 3...." I get up out of the car and punch the first guy. I almost fall forward because I practically punched air. He had vanished into thin air. I got scared. I sat back in the car and said mom...mom..!!! turn on the light turn on the light.

As soon as the light turned on, I woke up realizing that was a dream where I was half in and half out. What I just experienced was a lucid dream. If anything, I've had dreams of flying, swimming and travelling through time many times but this was an actual confirmation of Lucid Dreaming. Whoa what a trip!

What is a Lucid Dream you ask again?

Main Entry: lucid dream
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a dream state in which one is conscious enough to recognize that one is in the dream state and which stays in one's memory

If you want to see a cool movie on it watch "Waking Life" Twice! Twice because the first time you may or may not get it, but the second time you'll see a significant difference and understand lucid dreaming and the point of the movie.

Boy I tell you, I don't know if it's the prescription or that I was lucky because lucid dreaming can be fun if you learn how to control it. Since that I've had it again...and again I screamed for my mom and told her to "turn on the light!!!! get me out of this!!!" I should start dreaming of sweet dreams and then I'll never want to wake up!

Posted: 11:27 p.m. EST January 5, 2006 by Anne Meesriyong