So, I finished* the revisions to the book last night**, and then I went to sleep. In my dream I had planted trees in my front yard–one or two saplings. I was trying to make sure they got enough water and was very worried about whether they would survive. It was all also very muddy and messy. (This may have something to do with the fact that we were having sewer problems yesterday. Ugh.)

Then I looked around and realized I had several trees in my front yard. And they were big! I had these big beautiful trees and I hadn’t known how quickly they’d grow! But then I got mad because:

1. I hadn’t planted them the right distance apart (they were in this really haphazard configuration–some crowding each other);
2. They STILL weren’t getting enough water; and
3. When I looked more closely I saw they were actually weird looking and kind of ugly, because I had chopped off all these limbs from them. I remember looking at them and thinking, what the hell was I thinking??

*Sigh*

Shaddup, Subconscious, sez I. I got the damn thing finished. Are you ever satisfied?

(really cool tree picture, “Weird Tree,” by RJA Digital, published under a Creative Commons copyright 2.5 - non-commercial use only, share-alike.)

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*FINALLY

**Thank God!