I’ve been taking melatonin recently, because insomnia’s been kicking my ass. One thing they don’t necessarily tell you about melatonin, though, is that it gives you crazy dreams. Not bad ones, just vivid, long, and memorable ones.
Last night, I dreamed that I was in a shopping mall with a bunch of friends. I’m not sure why we were there. I was a bit anxious because I didn’t have a whole lot of money, and my friends wanted to go get something to eat. One of my friends kept going to the shops in the food court and asking if anything they had was kosher.
At least in my dream, it turned out that Arby’s roast beef was kosh, so that’s where we went. Then, I remembered I didn’t have to spend much money, because I had some spare chicken tenders in my back pocket, so I just ordered a chocolate milkshake and “as many packets of Horsey sauce as you can legally give me.” (This is an actual quote from my dream.) The guy behind the counter looked vaguely like comedian Louie Anderson.
I waited for my meal, and when it arrived, the guy stealthily opened a cardboard sandwich container he’d snuck me, containing a ridiculous number of packets of Horsey sauce. I smiled at him and said, “Have I told you lately that I love you?” I was quite happy with this little treasure, and wanted him to know.
Shortly after that, I woke up.
I don’t have any friends who keep kosher, but I do follow a few creators on TikTok who do, so that may be where that came from. And a new friend on Mastodon was talking about Arby’s yesterday, so I think that’s where that’s from. Why, though, I had chicken tenders in my back pocket, I’ll never know. Maybe keeping fried foodstuffs on one’s person is going to be a new trend, and my dream was just trying to keep me ahead of the curve?
Anyway. Point of the story – melatonin dreams are bonkers and I love them. Have you ever experiences wacky dreams on melatonin? Lemme know!