Much in the same way that recovering smokers, alcoholics, and addicts have “relapse dreams,” last night I had cleanse relapse dreams.
In the first one, I was at a restaurant on my lunch break from work. I ordered a salad, and then a seafood pasta. The pasta arrived and I realized what I’d done, but it looked so good, so I carefully chewed up a couple pieces of fish, then spit them back out onto the plate. Classy.
In the second dream, it was morning, and I was having what I have eaten for breakfast for the last 20 years: oatmeal. There was a little cream on top, and I was loving it. Then! Suddenly! I realized what was going on. This oatmeal wasn’t cleanse-approved! I hadn’t even thought about it! Oh horrors!
While consciously I’ve managed to keep my sense of humor about the cleanse, me thinks my subconscious is taking it a little too seriously.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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celeste
February 19th, 2003 at 9:35 am
i read in the stranger’s restaurant special recently: one of the waiters’ horror stories was about a woman whose plate, when he picked it up, was covered with her napkin. When he uncovered it in the kitchen, he discovered she’d eaten her dinner and then vomited it all right back onto the plate. Lovely…
celeste
February 19th, 2003 at 9:35 am
i read in the stranger’s restaurant special recently: one of the waiters’ horror stories was about a woman whose plate, when he picked it up, was covered with her napkin. When he uncovered it in the kitchen, he discovered she’d eaten her dinner and then vomited it all right back onto the plate. Lovely…
dani
February 19th, 2003 at 4:24 pm
i’ve seen a friend do that — seems gross but he says it’s normal in france???