Bedtime Fantasy Excerpts: Introduction

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Most people go to bed to sleep. They don't really do much else than lay down and try to find their way on to a good night's rest. Perhaps they share some idle chatter with a significant other or do some adult rated snuggling. Anyway that you approach it, they certainly don't drive into a realm of fantasy before trying to sleep. After all, that would be counter productive, right? Ever since I was a little kid the bedroom was a mystical journey into an environment that did not present itself in the normal flow of a day. It was an opportunity to explore a scenario that I couldn't explore during the day. After all, being tired enough to sleep was one of the criteria, since it was the weakness that allowed the strength of the night dreams to combine with their day counterparts. Every evening is a chance for another adventure, but only a few times was this pursued. Whether the realm of the bedroom became something in the future, something in the past, or something offset and placed into another reality. It was always fun, and sometimes shared with whatever managed to be in that place at that time. When the dog would huddle together with me as a child, she was the cave dog and we were sharing body heat in the cold cave while a fire burned nearby. When there were stuffed animals, they represented friends that surrounded me while we lay claim to the plot of land we discovered. When there was only the blankey from the past, it was my cloak, eye patch, sling, bandage, or cocoon. There were many adventures taken over the years growing up. Somehow even now those night time adventures are still there, waiting for me in my bed. What adventure will tonight bring? I won't know until I get there.