January Lookback - Preparations

I've not been sleeping through the night for a while, it seems, so I started a sleep log this week, and I've been recording at what times I wake up in the night. Unfortunately it went from once, to twice a night, since I started. Self-fulfilling prophecy?? I had a very vivid dream last night, that I shared with a friend of mine who called today to tell me of a big job change. I had already described to her my new year's resolution, and then told her the dream. My interpretation was different from hers, but I think hers was a perhaps truer interpretation. In the dream, I am picked up (by the side of the road?) by some people and I think they are taking me to a town or somewhere I can catch a train. And I get to the town with them, and I ask where the train station (or bus station, or some sort of transportation for where I want to go) is, and they tell me not to worry about it – there really isn’t that kind of transportation nearby. Another man appears in the dream and tells me to relax and not worry about it, and I end up having a sexual encounter with this man (who does not have a face I remember), but that is another story.... I took away from the dream that I should not worry about my plans for leaving, that things will work out. This was because I had just read through the Consulate requirements for getting a carte de sejours and was starting to have angst about when I would need to apply, etc., etc. My friend saw the other side of the dream, that I was anxious to get on the train and get moving - get on with realizing my plan - and I didn't disagree! I am already thinking about when I will not be at work anymore, who I will tell first, how they will react, and thinking about how I must keep myself engaged so that I continue to do good work through the rest of my time there..... (The sexual encounter, well, let's just say I am dreaming about them now, since I’m not having them.....)