No rest for me even when I'm sleeping

I've found that my personality only allows me to blog in a ranting sort of sarcastic manner. I supposed that's not a surprise since I rant and rave every day of my life. I've sat at my keyboard trying to be cutesy and sweet but anyone who knows me knows that it's simply an impossibility for me to be calm. Even when I'm sleeping...

I periodically have nightmares about work! It's not enough that I have to dread being yelled at every day while I'm awake and trying to make a living. I fall asleep and live in a world where, even when I've locked the doors, the hordes of crazy and hormonal men, women, and children still find a way to get into my store! In these dreams I think that I'm all alone because it's the middle of the night (yes, I know that it's crazy for me to believe no one would try to get ice cream in the middle of the night) and for some reason I'm at work trying to get all my piles of work done.... I turn around and my store is full of self-entitled people who truly believe that they are above the store hours written on the front door. I tell them all that we are closed but they don't care! They want their ice cream! Ugh... it's never ending!

Oh and there's the dream where I'm lying in my bed in the middle of the night and I wake up and there's a man, or possibly a woman, I'm not really sure because it's simply a black human figure standing right above me about to attack me. Of course, I jump up to get away from him or her and suddenly I realize that it was all a dream and John is asking me what is wrong... This probably happens once a week. John loves how I interrupt his REM cycle.

I've pondered what these dreams could possibly mean. The first seems obvious. I am scared of being at work forever. Somehow trapped into serving ungrateful, rude, expired-coupon-using people. I can tell you that this is probably pretty close to the truth. Score 1 for my unconscious mind!

The second seems just as obvious. I'm afraid of someone breaking into my home. HAHAHAHAHA NOT! I took the liberty of looking up dream interpretations and found this..."To dream that you are being attacked by someone, signifies questions to your character and the need to defend yourself. You are feeling stressed, vulnerable and helpless. You may also be faced with difficult changes in your waking life. Dreaming of an attack provides a way for you to confront these situations that you may be avoiding in real life." Score 2 for my unconscious mind!

I really thought that I was afraid that someone was just going to do a simple B&E on my ass! You know... break down the door and steal everything I own. If only I had known it was my subconscious dealing with the everyday assault of simple "customer service"...I could have saved all that money on the alarm I bought for my house!

All of the customers I have wanted to strangle in the past present and future can sleep in peace tonight because once again I am taking one for the team... I am dreaming of being attacked so I don't snap one day and attack someone else. And this whole time I was worried I wasn't dealing with all my angst! It's amazing how the mind can compartmentalize. Thank you mind. And thanks again customers for haunting me in my sleep.

Til next time...

Thanks for listening