Do any of you out there have crazy dreams? In talking with others, I have found many have the same dream. It goes like this. You walk into a classroom, and its finals day. You suddenly realize that you not only haven’t studied for the test, you also haven’t attended class at all.  Sound familiar?

This next dream is more common with men than with women, I think. However, I have had it too ... You are coming out of a theater. It’s usually a hometown theater and you know the people around you. Suddenly you look down, and you realize you don’t have any clothes on. Or maybe you might be half naked. Instead of panicking and running, you sort of find something to put in front of your bare area, and you pretend you aren’t naked at all! It’s a big relief to wake up from that one!

I had a very strange dream a few nights ago. I was at somebody’s home, and these strange men barged into the house. They were not friendly. They had strange powers, and although they looked just like normal human beings, I knew that they were not. They were aliens. These aliens took hostages. I didn’t know them, but the aliens killed them. I was watching from a window, and saw what they did. Somehow I caught on how to stop them. I picked up a pint jar and held it up to the light. I peered into the open end and pointed the bottom part of the jar at the aliens. I looked at the aliens as if the jar were a periscope. When I did this, when I used my jar as a deterrent to stop them, then they couldn’t do anything wicked. As I stood looking at them with my eyeball peeking through the open end of the jar, suddenly I dropped it. It rolled out of my grasp ... And then ... I woke up and had to go to the bathroom! Hmm. Wonder how that story ended.

While I was telling this to my sister-in-law, Lucretia, she was reminded about her latest dream. She is a widow and her husband, Jack, was a gourmet cook. He loved good food. Now, in the dream, Lucretia and Jack didn’t have much food in the house, and Jack was hungry. Lucretia had a frozen turkey, but when it was time to eat it, the turkey was still frozen. Isn’t that just like a dream! So she found some hamburger and made him a hamburger patty but there were no buns or bread. She wrapped the cooked burger in phyllo wraps. When he picked it up to eat, it all fell apart. That’s about when she woke up and realized she needed to go to the bathroom.

And last but not least, I will never forget Greta’s dream of many years ago. She is married to Milo, a farmer. Milo had a herd of Black Angus cattle. He worked hard and spent many hours taking car of the herd; hauling water, bringing hay, fixing fence. Greta and Milo decided to take a weekend and go to Cedar Bluff to picnic and go sailing. Then, Greta had a dream the night before they left. They were at the lake, and Greta was sitting on the shore. Milo was out in the water on the sailboat, and guess who else was in the boat with him? You got it. Several Black Angus cows!  

I invite you to analyze your dreams. Maybe you might have some interesting ones to share? Don’t forget to write them down. Some could be very important, and others? Well, you’ll wake up and head to the bathroom.

Judi Tabler lives in Pawnee County and is a guest columnist for the Great Bend Tribune. She can be reached at bluegrasses@gmail.com. Visit her website juditabler.com.