Dream Weaver

This year has been a weird one so far for this large melon; particularly my dreams. They've became so funky that I started putting a sheet of paper on my bed table to jot them down for recall. Surprising I haven't had the one in awhile where I missed all my college classes and the semester was ending. I've had that one in years past but it hasn't made an appearance this year. The meaning of dreams have been analyzed to death and I have no theories; they are just weird.

With that, I give you my list to date:

- I'm shopping for clothes in an airport. Not just the shirts that advertise the state you're in. I'm shopping for every piece of clothing.

- I'm mountain biking up a hill thousands of feet in the air.

- A repeat performance in a few dreams but can't find my car.

- I lost my shoes and walk up a very long spiral staircase looking for them.

- My bicycle is stolen at a check point.  I have no idea what the check point is for but it's a check point.

- I'm crawling through a small hole in a house and everybody has a letter jacket on when I make it outside the hole.

- I'm with friends at a family's house that none of us know.

- I'm shore fishing with strangers on a hill.

- I'm at a school for some reason and I look down a very deep hole where people are calling for help.

- I'm taking a shower in the middle of church and a person I don't know approaches me and says "I know what you did."

- I am sitting at a work desk that has too many people at it. I don't know any of the people at the desk.

- I park my truck on a street, walk to a family's house I don't know. After leaving the house, I can't remember where I left my truck.

- It's raining inside a house I don't recognize and water is leaking everywhere from the ceiling.

- I walked many miles to see friends. The directions I have make it even farther. When finally arriving, I discover that the friends had a bet how long it would take me.

- I'm looking to repossess the former president's (the MAGA idiot) two cars.

- I have a file in my hip that the doctor's ask if they can remove to alleviate the pain.

- I'm at a party, don't know anybody and have no way to get home. I end up taking a shower with my clothes on and sunglasses.

- I'm at a football game, don't know anybody and everybody keeps changing seats.

- My dad pops up everywhere I'm at as strangers transport him to my locations. He doesn't say anything but is always there.

Again, no sense to them but bizarre. 

Sleep tight (a saying I still don't understand).

Trail Head

Trailer Time (revisiting my last trailer experience)

My spring project was finalized this week and got a chance to see if this mechanically declined individual didn't screw up assembling a trailer with some boat roller modifications. Thanks to YouTube for the assembly instructions as the trailer had quite a few parts to assemble in addition to brake light installation. While it took me a little longer than the individuals online making it look so easy, I think I did okay. Now it was time to see if it would tow a boat. I was optimistic the trailer would be fine, however, my last time trailering anything didn't work out so well. 

Queue the Way Back Machine to the summer of 1990 (1989?) when yours truly was working one of the many post college jobs until finding my footing in my current career that is going on its 34th year. I worked for an auto rental company. Their niche against the competition was that they would deliver the rental car to you. How was this done with only one employee doing the delivery you may ask. The person delivering the vehicle would  drive the car being rented and tow a very, very small car behind. Something like a Geo Metro as I recall. So one very hot afternoon, yours truly was on his way to delivering a rental going down I-696 right about when rush hour was kicking in. All was well until traffic about 10 cars ahead of me came to a sudden halt for whatever reason. I put the brakes on as everyone else was doing so no issues for anyone in a single car, however, with the Geo Metro in tow for me, when I hit the brakes, the vehicle in tow swung around the car I was driving, went on its side and pulled my vehicle on its side as well. I made the traffic report that day along with a careless driving offense getting attached to my driving record. I remember asking the police officer as I climbed out the window if any other vehicles were impacted. "No, it was just you." Needless to say, that job didn't last long.

Fast forward to yesterday and while my nuts clenched a bit going around some hilly turns, I'm happy to report the trailer successfully made it to the lake without incident. 

Trail Head

also my first boat motor experience - a little
work to do there with a bit too much tilt