Hugo

This is my first journal entry. I have begun to remember dreams. These are not dated; I will try to remember to put a date on my dreams in the future. I have had the following dreams over the past several nights. They are just fragments, so I did one journal entry for several fragments. Each number represents a night that I had at least one dream.

1) I jumped into a little quickly-flowing river to help a guy who is getting swept down stream. The river is going downhill and is tiered with man-made marble slabs instead of natural rock. Shortly thereafter I encounter a man-made structure along the river that resembles playground equipment for children, except that it is also made of marble. I begin to crawl through one of the tunnels. [fragment end]

2) I fall off of a bridge into a calm river. No feeling of fear. Just standing in the water, looking up at a broken interstate bridge. [fragment end] I am working at a warehouse. There is a co-worker that is funny, and we are becoming friends (I can recall the feelings, but not necessarily the images). [fragment end]

3) I am standing on a boat and my daughter jumps into the water and I dive head-first into the water to go after her. I am afraid another boat will hit her. A boat is coming so I go underwater to avoid being struck. The boat's propeller passes just over me. [fragment end] I watch news reports about scientists discovering a new species of fish. It is highly intelligent. The fish has two different forms (my dream is inconsistent). [fragment end]

I dreamed a lot about water, and the first two nights occurred before the tsunami hit Japan. That was an interesting coincidence. It also rained a lot where I lived, so that probably influenced my dreams.

I have also been trying to use the WILD technique. I have been counting two digits and saying "I'm dreaming" (1-2-I'm dreaming-3-4-I'm dreaming-5-6, etc.). This seems to get me quite sleepy. I find it difficult to make it to 10 without my thoughts wandering away from counting. So then I restart the counting. My body gets a tingling sensation, but that's all. Then I fall asleep. I have been trying this when I fall asleep and also after I wake up during the night (I drink a lot of water before I go to bed).