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Finished Natsume's Ten Nights of Dream stories. They seemed to wander a bit toward the end, but still an interesting piece of writing.

I dreamed last night as well. One dream involved the people in the dance class. We were all gathered in a hall, almost like a church, and were supposed to dance once the lecture (sermon) was concluded. When that time came, it seemed that the music device was not working properly. In addition, no one had brought CDs or tapes. I felt like I was responsible and had failed to bring copies of my music. I asked people to retrieve any CDs they may be carrying in their vehicles. I attempted to load a tape or CD that was available, but there was something out of alignment with the player.

Someone kept telling me to not attempt to force the device to close--that I should be careful so as not to break the unit. People brought in their CDs. I managed to get one loaded and starting to play. There was a trick to getting the device to close properly once a CD was inserted. The music got people up and dancing.

At some point in the dream, there was a distinct feeling that all of this action was taking place in a senior citizen facility.

In a second dream, I was returning from a trip and had decided to take a mountainous route back. (This was not unlike the route I took back from the beach this morning.) The road contained a fair amount of traffic and at one point, when I let my attention wander, I ended up crashing into a car that had stopped in front of my truck. I looked up and saw the emblem on the trunk of the car right before smashing into it.

I awoke at this point in the dream and got up and went to the beach. Beach was heavily overcast with not too many people on the beach. I did some Qigong there by the sea. I felt self-conscious doing the practice and so did not come away with any revelations or insights--other than it would be really nice to practice by the sea. When I stopped and sat for a while, I felt a peacefulness wash over me.

Ended up going to the harbor and having breakfast at a cafe near the docks. Had a delicious salmon and egg scramble, with home fries (great) and rye toast. Topped this off with a glass of fresh OJ. Then, motored back home by taking the mountain route back. Just like in the dream, but with no crashes.

When I reached home, it was getting hot outside in line with today's prediction of record heat. The ocean air and food worked their magic on me and I fell asleep for a couple of hours. Cool here in my room. Not sure what it's like outside, but guess I'll find out.

Still expecting some form of breakthrough or shift in things. It's like there's a faint buzzing taking place around me--everything seems charged in some indirect way, waiting for the right confluence of events to break through, to break out, to manifest. No idea where this notion originates. It just seems to be present. Come out, come out, whatever/whoever you are!

L's birthday tomorrow. Need to gather a few birthday wishes.