The battle of the tiny merpeople

Last night I dreamt that Jay bought a family of tiny merpeople to live in our aquarium. They were cute in an unsettling sort of way.  Actually they looked a lot like sea monkeys… not how sea monkeys REALLY look but how they were advertised in the back of Archie comic books when we were kids.  Remember?

Anyway, the tiny merpeople-that-looked-like-sea-monkeys kept escaping and THEN they started a full-on aquarium war.  The fish had guns and grenade launchers and the merpeople were really devious and all sorts of water creatures were dying and losing limbs…   

Jay and I stood there looking on in despair because, really, what do you DO about a bloody battle in your aquarium?  For goodness sake fish are dying here but at the same time if you put your hand in the tank it’s likely to get shot off.  

Fortunately I woke up to an aquarium free of tiny merpeople, where action is constrained to Harry and Bumpy slowly swimming in circles.  Goldfish- even the fancy ones- are delightfully UNcomplicated.

Little people, on the other hand?  Complicated.

It makes me wonder if this dream is symbolic of my life in which the little people… well, ONE little person, to be exact… causes me confusion and chaos.  

CJ just keeps getting smarter (and isn’t that what I wanted?) and my brain seems to run slower and I find myself throwing my hands up in despair and rolling my eyes to the heavens stuttering out responses that don’t make any sense.  

Like Friday after school we stayed at the playground so that CJ could play with all the other kids who stay at the playground and all was going well until I hear him hollering at the top of his lungs so I go down to check it out and find him engaged in warfare against a pack of 2nd grade girls.

Girls who, apparently, told CJ that they would dump water on him and tape his mouth shut.

So he tells them that he’s going to put tape on their eyes and ears and then asks me ever-so-sweetly IF I HAVE ANY TAPE.  Because clearly he thinks I will approve of and be party to his little scheme.

Although I am horrified by these events, the truth is I can’t think of a single lucid thing to say.  It is clear that CJ and the girls are all highly enjoying this mock-battle but all I can see is BANISHMENT AND EXPULSION in my little son’s near future.  Because you can’t go around telling girls you’re going to put tape on their eyes, even if it’s all in good fun.

(heavy sigh)

Apparently I have a lot to work on.  

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One other thing… Jay read this post and informed me that it was TOO RANDOM and that I shouldn’t post it. Obviously I rebelled against his opinion.  BECAUSE IT’S MY BLOG AND I CAN!  Ha!  

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Speaking of rebellion, obviously I’ve totally rebelled against my own policy of putting up writing prompts on a weekly basis.  Sorry about that.  I *think* the rebellion has at last subsided and I honestly plan to post a writing prompt next Monday, with the heads-up post on Friday.  Please don’t give up on me!

Speaking of Monday… my fellow Jenny (who, by the way, has one of the cutest blog headers EVER) has picked up the ball on Make Me Laugh Monday.  Head over to her blog for some laughs!

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