Journal Entry 2/22/13 (4)- Throw back dream

I stayed up studying for my upcoming "midterms" for high school until midnight. Then my mom yelled at me to go to sleep. The dream was so vivid, and I swear I could actually smell a few things while I was in there. My old house back in Cypress when I look back at it was the best house I ever had. The location was close to all my friends, the pool was working great and the garden was enormous. I dreamed I was swimming laps in the pool feeling the water splash on my body as I gasp for air and push my body for sixty more laps. I could smell the chlorine it used to have, yet I could smell it even from below the surface! After swimming I woke up at 2:00 am to go get some more blankets (I was really cold) and read myself to sleep at 2:30 am. The book was "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Back in my old neighborhood dream (I knew that I was dreaming) I thought about Cy-Woods High and in an instant I seemed to have teleported inside the entrance of the school. All my friends were there to welcome me back and the teachers who I knew surrounded the outer part of the crowd. We had a pep rally and I smelled popcorn, for they always gave popcorn during these types of events. Then I felt like I had control over my dream since that popcorn became present in a bag in my hands. Everything was nice until I realized I was dreaming. When I focused on that thought, the dream faded. My alarm woke me up at 6:30 am to walk the dog. That was a very pleasant dream. The first one in a while. I guess the move last summer really made me feel homesick. I secretly want to move back to the old house because now we live in a smaller house where we have to share rooms and bathrooms. This really involves the theory of extensions of waking life.