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Remembered my dreaming from last night. Did so partially by noticing, in the dreams, that I was dreaming. Also noticed that I was dreaming as I awoke.

There were two parts to the dreaming. One part involved riding on a or trolley bus from one part of a city to another. I think I was riding to work. In one section of the dream there was a man walking along the sidewalk next to the bus. He was gathering up some sheets of clear plastic wrap as he walked. He was working in a determined way, focused on gathering the materials. I was concerned that he might be walking to close to the bus and could get hit. But he was alright as the bus pulled away from him.

The second part of the dream involved working at a task. There were several of us (the workers) in a room. We were taking a piece of cloth or heavy paper and attaching an edging along one side of the material. The task was tedious and we had to maintain a certain throughput. Falling behind required that we work overtime to meet our goals. However, we were not supposed to accumulate overtime. We had to falsify the reporting sheets so that it looked like we didn't stay over even when we did so. It was an aggravating situation. In some cases, people were working around the clock and falling asleep at their work stations.

Watched a film of the Cherry Orchard this evening. It was a well done adaptation of the stage play. It had a strong cast and the use of outdoor scenes made the film rich. The dialog still carried the power of the stage material, but visually it was lush and vibrant. I had never seen a stage presentation of the drama (I may have read the play) so I found it captivating.

I've realized that I've been vegetating too long. I have to start engaging outside of my little pathways. I can't keep drifting along as I've been doing.