Finally got the phone call thing settled and I got the volunteering job! My interview wasn't even that long because apparently my application was strong enough to stand alone. EGO BOOSTERRR. I had been rehearsing for a more in-depth interview and was a little disappointed by how...casual it was considering this was the first time in a looooong while that I'd actually gotten up early and attempted to look publicly presentable. But whatever, I still got it!

ALSO! I THINK I HAD MY FIRST RUN-IN WITH LUCID DREAMING! Let me explain.

So, I 'm not sure if it was lucid dreaming or me waking up and making stuff up or me half asleep and making stuff up, or if that's what lucid dreaming is or whatever...but I controlled something in my dream and it was amazing! I've never experienced that before.

Anyway, since this is my blog, I guess there's no point in me lying about anything, so here goes my shady dream with my shady actions.

It was night time and I was on my way to my friend's house for no particular reason after seeing a picture she posted on Facebook. The picture was posted by another girl that I know from school (but am not close to) who I will refer to as, "Kelly". So I somehow have the skills to drive for a while until I'm in her area, but randomly decide to go to a nearby barn instead.

I meet Kelly there, who is waiting for some sort of Pony Expo (sounds cool, I know). She said she was part of the set-up team and got there a bit early. So since she had time, we decided to walk over to the nearest restaurant and grab a bite to eat. I have no idea why we didn't use the car I'd used to get there, but whatever.

So we're walking along the street in the dead of night (smart idea, always) when she starts to notice something. She asks if I hear something and I say no, I don't and begin to listen closer to hear steady footsteps.

This next part, I'm a bit ashamed of doing (even in a dream), but I completely freaked out and ran off in front of Kelly, leaving her to run a bit behind me as I ran from the footsteps. She eventually catches up and begins to get in front of me, telling me that we should head for a fork in the road and split up so he goes after the one he's looking for (another great idea generated by dream Judy). We do so, and WHADDYA KNOW I'M THE ONE HE'S AFTER.

I freak out and continue running and I can hear his footsteps begin to run faster and I'm already getting tired and no one's around to hear me scream and I was going to die there and augh it was terrible

BUT!

BUT!!!!!!!!!!

In a fit of lucid dreaming (or waking up halfway with an active imagination that somehow simulated the same situation as my dream), I found a gun lodged in the pocket of the jacket I was wearing. I stopped running, waited for the man to catch up, screamed, "You're not real," and shot at him multiple times.

He disappeared. And somehow, I ended up running right to my friend's house that I had initially intended to visit. I pulled out my phone to call her and woke up as I approached her doorstep.

It was still 5 AM and I was still on an adrenaline high, but I faintly remember being really excited before falling back to sleep.

So yeah. Not sure what it was, but I controlled my own actions for once and was AWARE of controlling my own actions in a dream world, even explicitly stating in my dream that I was aware of the dream world I had entered.

Tres cool, right?