The cookies I made yesterday are wonderful! I am so happy with them. This morning, I actually went to the small grocery store down the street to buy eggs. I didn’t do it for myself but I know Rob likes it when I make egg muffin sandwiches so I pulled on my coat and braved the rain and wind. I also went to Dunkin’ Donuts and bought 2 lbs of their ground coffee. The same woman who is there during the weekdays was there this morning. (This is only one of many DDs I frequent!) I said to her, “You are here on a Sunday? Do you work 7 days a week?” She looked at me and smiled and said, “Uh-huh.” “Goodness! I can’t imagine working 7 days a week! I need my weekend!” She looked at me and smiled and said, “Uh-huh!” I then wanted to ask her if she could see the pink elephant sleeping in the parking lot but I didn’t. Besides, it doesn’t matter. She always smiles and she is so fast with my coffee. She never makes a mistake.

Over the summer, when Andrea was visiting, I bought the ground Dunkin’ Donuts coffee for the first time. I was committed to making the perfect cup of coffee. I read the directions on the bag and tried to follow them exactly. It was impossible. The bag called for so much coffee that I knew there was no way it would work. I ended up scooping the coffee out of the machine and back into the bag. Even now, I can’t seem to make the coffee taste exactly like the coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts. Maybe it’s because I use Cremora and not cream? I dunno. It’s a bit frustrating.

Last night I attempted to watch Pirates of the Carribean. I couldn’t get through it. Finally, I just closed my eyes and allowed sleep to overtake me. My dreams lately have been so very vivid. I dream I am in these extremely decorated rooms. I can see every little detail. Everything looks so perfect. The thing that gets me is if I wanted to decorate a room, I wouldn’t be able to come up with anything even close to what appeared in my dreams. Could it be I am more creative than I realize? Am I simply unable to harness this innate creativitly? Or in my dreams, am I just seeing what I think is a room with great detail but it’s not really there at all?