You can tell a sitcom is getting old when they start having episodes about people's dreams, like towards the end of M.A.S.H. in the early 80s. However, it is 1 a.m. and I just woke up, so:

Tonight's dream The school my daughter goes to decided that I did not have enough proof to show that I had legitimately graduated from high school, so they decided to make me retake Math and one other course that either they couldn't figure out or wasn't important in my dream.

They announced this meeting for summer school, and my name was on the list with five other students in a sign in front of the school. So I went to the meeting and they went over the list and how summer school would work. Then they adjourned for a bit. My old science teacher (who is now a principal in another school) told me I should raise holy hell about it, and I figured that since I was an attorney that I should do that. So I was preparing this blistering speech, which I was slightly nervous about, when it became apparent that the school board was not coming back. They must have been afraid something like this would happen and decided to reconvene in secret.

I got the name of one of the board members and called her at home. In fact they had decided to do a phone conference. I told her how I had taken all the math I needed in high school and as proof I had taken a lot of math in college (actually I told her I taken three calculus courses, which although I thought it was true in the dream, was actually incorrect because I had only taken two). So she became very apologetic and said I should just write a letter.

At this point I began to ask myself what the fuss was about, because they weren't going to take away my law license, and I could probably just skip the summer classes.

Last night's dream This involved werewolves and took place at the lab I used to work at. (Maybe since it was a canine research lab that makes sense) One of the werewolves was a pretty girl, and two of the other male werewolves were initially engaged in what seemed like an attack on her, but later turned out to be them sacrificing their lives for her. One of the werewolves changed his mind though and attacked her for real. I ended up suffocating him with some sort of clear plastic wrap while he was naked and in human form. I remember his open mouth gasping and his hands making clawing motions beneath the wrap.

Recurring Dream Usually a few times a year I dream that I have the ability to jump very high. I usually end up stuck in high places like tree tops, where I feel slightly scared and elated at the same time.

It is now 6 am. I went back to sleep. The school dream continued and this time it turned out it was American literature that I flunked. They gave me an opportunity to see if I could pass anyway with dinner plate sized disks that had trivia questions of increasing difficulty on them. I missed one at the exact level they said I would. So I cheated and went on anyway. The next questions were much harder and I had to cheat again, but they caught me.

After the school episode I decided to get some barbeque at this biker place. The barbeque came in clear plastic bags and was served at this white pavillion that looked like it belonged in a park. The pavillion was actually mobile and went on a tour of a very hilly area in the Rocky Mountains that had a lot of snow. One of the bikers told me that Derek James was from this area, and that he was using a pseudonym. They pointed to a faded black and white school picture which supposedly had Derek in it. Derek was a blond haired teen with horn rimmed glasses. Underneath his actual name was revealed as "hu clu Thohtor". I guess that explains the pseudonym.