**musical mood preference: Bedrich Smetana - Vltava**

Well, I figured since I've already laid out a few dreams in this weblog over the last four or five months, its worth discussing my recurring nightmare.

I often have a dream in which I am in bed, lying awake, with the distinct sensation that there is someone or something standing at the foot of my bed. It is pitch black and I can't see anything at all, not even a shape. All I have is the feeling that there is something there. No noise, no movement, yet it leaves me with a sinking, pit-of-the-stomach fear of what I believe is there.

This nightmare often ends in me waking up and feeling exactly what I was while sleeping. I eventually turn on the light to make sure I'm alone.

How juvenile is that?