News updates when you're asleep.

Mother Carpathian and Father Carpathian (no, silly, not members of the church) are coming up to stay this weekend and, as this Carpathian needed to get a few things done first, I'll apologise for the lack of updates.

That's the longest I've gone without a post and I'm both ok about it and (due to the fact I feel the need to explain) wish I'd dropped others inbetween. Interestingly though nobody went into a panic, mailed me or started a campaign. I'll just assume that you knew I was simply busy, ok ;o)

So, back to the post proper or there's a chance that the preamble will be longer than the reason for posting. Ah, this line didn't help that, did it.

I'm never less than surprised at the things the brain does at unexpected times.

I went to bed last night feeling totally fine and drifted off to sleep like every other time. I had a really odd dream though. The Carpathians parents arrived at the station and I walked up to greet them and.....I'd lost my voice totally. No croak, no half-words, no comedy noises. Nothing.

Now there are those of you that will say it's a psychological reaction to deep down feelings - you know the sort of thing I mean. I don't because I know what happened next.

I woke up this morning with a throat feeling like I'd been gargling broken glass.

So, obviously my self-monitoring system spotted this even whilst I was asleep and made me aware of it in the only way it could at the time. That's actually quite clever when you think about it. I wonder therefore if other dreams, usually associated with feelings or subconcious desires, are actually more of a medical bulletin ?

Is the falling feeling just when a leg or foot moves off the end of the bed, for example ??

Strange though, all the same.

Right, I'm off to finish making the Towers look like it's always neat and tidy - even Carpathians like to have their gargoyles shiny for visitors.......