The workings of the mind is a very interesting subject. It's like when you go to sleep, your brain "recharges" from the activities of the past day. I wake up this morning with a couple of realizations, without recently giving any thought to them at all:

Dreaming about work stresses me out. I don't think I know anyone that likes dreaming about work. I've been off for the past 3 days, thinking I would be free of anything work-related. But lo and behold, i had some weird little dream last night about being charge nurse on a 38-bed unit that was full, with only 4 nurses including me. Oh hell no. I'd sure as hell walk out and quit if that happened in real live. I woke up feeling all stressed because of that dream.

I'm homesick. Yeah, homesick for Seattle. Granted, I was born here in Texas, and I lived half my life here. But there's just something about the place where I lived a quarter of my life so far. I left the tv on last night as I fell asleep, so some movie that took place in the northwest was stirring something up subconsciously. I miss the culture up there. It kind of reminds me of Austin, but more cloudy and not as warm. It's very liberal up there. Maybe I should take a cue from the morning epiphanies and move up to Seattle and work as a nurse there. Hm.... It wouldn't be such a bad idea. I need a change. I can't just up and leave though. A change that huge needs some planning. So until then, I'll just rewatch Ten Things I Hate About You, Mad Love (bad movie), Say Anything, 88 Minutes (another bad movie), Sleepless in Seattle, and "Frasier" reruns.