2026-03-12: that travel dream again

another travel dream last night. these are my favourites: the one where an unseen companion and i are lying on a long, empty beach on a tropical island; or exploring a labyrinthine cityscape; or like last night, packing up a car, and driving. we stop at a roadside diner. we get coffee, and fries. the trunk is full, not of suitcases, but knick-knacks. weird little devices whose form i can't quite recall and whose function is clearly unknown. we finish our food. we drive again.

i look over in the car but i can't see who i'm with. this is normal for me. sometimes in my dreams it's my partner, or an old friend; once or twice, an old flame; once, someone who did terrible things to me (which is to say, it's never a conscious choice!). i look over and i can't see anyone but i sense that they're out of frame. we keep driving.

i woke up to chunks of hardpack littering the end of the driveway: the plows were by last night. maybe my subconscious' way of dealing with the long winter. yeah, this sucks. but i got you. you wanna drive somewhere?

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