[Accidental voice post]
Ouch. What the…. It’s so dark. Too dark, in fact. That nap was only supposed to last until, oh, mid-evening, and I haven’t been asleep that long, so…. Oh. Oh God, it’s finally happened, hasn’t it? I’ve gone blind, haven’t I, from all those nights of squinting at that crappy laptop screen-
…Oh. My glasses. Right. There they are…
That’s better. But it’s still too dark, and this…this is not my couch. I’m sitting in the middle of the stupid road.
...I don’t remember how I got out here. And that’s never good. What if the Sheriff finds me sitting out here like a complete….
Hang on… A dream. Of course. What an idiot. I’m just having a dream... It’s so obvious. A nightmare. This always happens when I read too much Stephen King-purely for inspiration, of course. Right, because you wouldn’t even dream of stealing any material. Right.
So I’m just going to lie back down…on this, uh, road…. Ouch…. And close my eyes…. And before I know it, I’ll have woken up on my couch, and all of this will be gone.
…Oh. My glasses. Right. There they are…
That’s better. But it’s still too dark, and this…this is not my couch. I’m sitting in the middle of the stupid road.
...I don’t remember how I got out here. And that’s never good. What if the Sheriff finds me sitting out here like a complete….
Hang on… A dream. Of course. What an idiot. I’m just having a dream... It’s so obvious. A nightmare. This always happens when I read too much Stephen King-purely for inspiration, of course. Right, because you wouldn’t even dream of stealing any material. Right.
So I’m just going to lie back down…on this, uh, road…. Ouch…. And close my eyes…. And before I know it, I’ll have woken up on my couch, and all of this will be gone.