Day 173 of San Diego

Both Mason and I are exhausted. This week has been tearing us apart... I don't know how well Mason is sleeping, but I know for a fact that I'm losing sleep as the week continues...

I've been having nightmares. Supposedly, you're not supposed to eat food before bed. Well... I like food... So... That's going to become a hassle...

Allegedly, if you eat food before bed, you'll dream more vividly or have restless rest.

I also heard that if you eat chocolate, that will too produce vivid dreams.

My nightmares are strangely random. I don't need to watch videos or think of something dreadful for them to pop up.

Two nights ago, I had a nightmare on survival. It was during a time of Armageddon. But this Armageddon was different from what most people believe. My Armageddon involved perfectly normal weather, yet suburban neighborhoods were abandoned. Families fled in fear from the militia team that would come around killing them and, I guess, looting them.The family, a few friends and I bunked out in a large mansion. We watched families being forced out of their homes from the militia crew that relentlessly stole their goods and harassed them. I don't remember if we saw people being killed, but my brain told me it was happening. At night, we would turn off the lights, deceiving the militia team into thinking nobody resided in the mansion we were hiding in. There was a short fight scene, though, where I thought a militia team member found out we were hiding out and broke into the house to nab us. Yet I tried beating the crap out of the guy. However, I think he was a friend of ours because I suddenly stopped and we began to talk. The dream ended there.

I don't remember the second dream I had that same night. But I do remember the dream I had last night. Poor Indigo was dying on me. I had to try and save him every so often, as if he were dangerously sick. I don't know if he died in my dream. I'm just glad it was a dream.

I hope tonight I won't tussle with my mind. I need the sleep...

Fishermen's Song

"Located in the middle of Vietnam, Hue city is famous for the old palaces, [and the] beautiful Perfume River. This is a must-see place if you visit Vietnam. The two fishermen are throwing casting nets on Nhu Y river. Their movement is like an artist playing a nice song." (By: Nguyen Dinh Thanh)