Last night was genre artsy. I had some nasty sleep issues (discussed after) but when I finally got to sleep I had a kind of live action anime manga dream where I was at some mall and there were bad guys I had to meet or avoid or fight and I was supposed to be meeting with some other group who would point out who I needed to talk to. Then I went back to their "lair" and the original storyline went out the window and I had some kind of comic book or portfolio of art that I wanted to show to one of their people. I had to be careful how I presented it to get what I wanted or I'd turn them off.
Then my family was going to see some new Superman movie and I was being a huge nerd about it. I'd had some kind of spoilers and there were, like, 2 movies we wanted to see but I made them see this one first because there were, like, Easter eggs in the other that you wouldn't get otherwise. Also, one of the classic Superman cartoons happened to be playing on the monitors in the minivan we were riding it--the one where he fights a bunch of flying robots that was heavily borrowed from for the trailer for "Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow"--While we're waiting in the lobby I'm talking to another film nerd who works there about all the cool stuff about the film and he wasn't aware of the old cartoon.
Next I'm apparently in some kind of 1st person video game, where I'm having to wander around this building looking for treasure and stuff. I kept finding stuff but not being able to get it. Like, there was a secret door in the bottom of a fireplace hearth but the treasure was 10-20' below and I couldn't figure out how to get to it when someone slides down out of a chute onto the treasure and I know his name is Two-Face. But, I think, Two-Face is a Batman villain, so of course at this point it was a Batman video game.
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[TMI bodily functions warning] I don't know what the heck happened last night. I've been having turkey and all the fixings twice a day since Thursday. Lately I've been kind of sore too so I opted to take a bath instead of a shower. Decided to flip the mattress too, since it was past due. Got to bed at a decent hour, feeling bloated like a tick. At 12:40 I belched or something and had...I dunno, some kind of reflux event where I wound up having to get up. Guzzled some Pepto to limited effect. Drank some milk. Had cough medicine and a cough drop. Drank some water. Ultimately also took a Prilosec. All the time I'm horking up heavy, thick, stringy slobber. Farted a few times too. Eventually got things under control to the point that I was able to lay down again and after awhile before eventually falling asleep. Periodic stinky stinky farts and the occasional belch with possible reflux threatening. Wound up sleeping until 9, had some more cough medicine. Throat's still a bit sore. Did soaking in the tub cause some kind of expansion of all the food in my belly? Did I accidentally mix some concoction of chemicals from all the food? Was it just a result of consuming a lot more calories than I have been consuming of late. I dunno, but it wasn't any fun. If I had any trust in the health system I'd go see a doctor but I tried doing that a few years ago and even the most basic things were cripplingly expensive--even with insurance. Still paying off a double endoscopy from almost 2 years ago and there's a light--far off--at the end of that tunnel so I'm trying not to incur more medical debt.
