h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I think I got past the HR level, seeing that I do seem to have acquired a desk of my own.

How will we call the gender in the second dream? dual-binary?

Oh, good, no more shared workstations?

'Dual-binary' sounds good. These were actual dreams which I borrowed for the story.

I sometimes wake up and think, 'I got somebody else's dream again.'

In time I will probably have a shared workstation as planned, but the office refurbishment has been postponed because somebody didn't want to sign for the bill that comes with it. (I'm not complaining)

Saved by a cheapskate.

Yes, I am fortunate to work at home most of the time these days so my workstation is just as I like it. In the office I know which shared desk I can use because of being a wheelchair user - I was consulted in advance so got to choose one I can easily access

Dreams are fascinating - I know that type where I am looking for something or trying to go somewhere and nothing makes sense. Dreaming as someone else is unusual, though - I can imagine that is disconcerting.

Yes, indeed. This weekend was bad! I dreamt about a communal shower - many people there, all wearing bathing suits, mind you, my subconscious wasn't interested in naughty bits...but the showers were little islands with the shower heads on poles and hooks in a circle beneath them to hang soap and washcloths and such...only on one, somebody had hung a couple of laughing babies...they were enjoying the ride...

The twins' mom showed up with a toddler she was washing...she laughed, too, like it was all fun.

Sometimes you just gotta wake up and shrug.

That was a strange dream, but I'm glad everyone was laughing

My recent dream was a collage of real events - I was out birdwatching and then discovered one of my wheelchair tyres was flat. When I woke up, I had to check the tyres just in case

I know what you mean! Sometimes you worry the dream will get mixed up with reality.

Yes - another of my recent dreams was a mix of imaginary and real - I dreamed I had been stabbed and I was given a piece of paper describing the knife. I could read the words on the paper, but all I wanted to know was why I had been stabbed. The pain woke me up and I realised I had a muscle cramp that had been made worse by the stress of the dream. . . Once I relaxed knowing it had just been a dream, the cramp eased off and I was ok!

Wow! I've had them like that, too - where you have a pain in a dream and wake up to it, or there's a noise...

What I think is interesting is that your dream wouldn't tell you the information you wanted to know!