I had a shitty night’s sleep last night. Glutened myself last Friday (Hormel Chili) and felt like I swallowed a pack of balloons. Lots of tossing and turning. Nap incoming. But even so, it was cool, because I had my second ever instance of lucid dreaming.

I’ve always been fascinated by people’s stories about roaming around freely in their dreams, but when I try to do it it never works. Only when I’m not trying.

The previous time was after I got up to pee one night and found myself in the kitchen of my childhood home. Noticed there was ice in the toaster and figured it out, got to look around a bit is all.

Last night, after I got exhausted enough to fall asleep, I found myself in the hallway of an empty school building. Dark, no one around. I began trying to find my way out.

The hallway I chose had a light at the other end, so I thought it might be the exit. But the hall was really dark and kept getting longer. It felt like I was moving through molasses.

I started to get creeped out, then I figured it out. It was a dream. But I was still in it. So I started to explore. The light turned out to be a window into a classroom. I thought I saw a couple of blurry figures, but when I got close, it was a poster. I peeled it back and saw into the classroom, which was empty.

I went back to the starting point and noticed some kid’s art on the wall. I was able to touch it and feel the construction paper. Then started touching the wall, feeling the texture.

Then sat in a chair and just looked around. Then I realized I was in my underwear and thought I probably should be in a school building in my underwear even if it was empty. Wound up in my bed.

Pretty neat. Maybe one day I’ll figure out how to do it at will.