FryingMan

bedtime ~00:15,
Set strong intent for dream recall, system from Ian Wilson's course "Dreaming For Gamers"
long time falling asleep, probably not till 01:00 or later
Felt like the strong intent was part of what was keeping me up
Also very high evening and bedtime stress

final waking ~07:30, out of bed ~08:20
few memories initially, but spent a long time associating and digging and many fragments came through:

+ looking up hill at house from below, tracing the lines of plumbing pipes, structural supports [wondering how it holds up against the weight], thinking about plumbing and water heating systems

+ cat, apartment, the cat will (is?) going crazy and will rip the place apart if left there alone. Outside on the street at end, I need to choose the pet: looking at small animals, the vision doesn't quite resolve, can't tell if it's a small dog or cat. Then I see that it is the sort of "squished face" cat that I don't really like, but I need to choose.

+ guy heading to elevator

+ in Sensei's apartment, access to stuck heating/cooling

+ At a (gas station?) taking delivery of a motorcycle (ordering one?). I want to show that I am capable of riding, I start talking about Motorcycle book with Rip, L's there, I can picture the book and know it's thick, but I can't remember the title [googled in waking: Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough] I guess I'm going to start riding again, and imagine myself on a motorcycle riding it. I wonder what she (L) thinks of that.

+ Ping pong, the girls are playing, one finishes I move to play another one across from me takes the free spot at the table. The girl on the right is a better player. She is setting up for a very short, off-to-her-left serve.

+ Meeting with group, chess teacher, they mistakenly choose me to start an online game, I think the teacher DH will still be able to make a lesson out of it

+ [vague] Group of parents are going on a group hike, they've brought snacks

+ putting the (flour?) containers (candy?) back in the drawer, the (girl?) says I've chosen the wrong level of the (multi-level) drawer, so I move the two bags to the lower level

+ feeding a very small piece of (candy or cookie) (in the shape of a small cylinder or cone) to a very small child, I'm holding it so the child will bite off 1/2 of the thing and leave the other half for me, I move the thing towards the kid's mouth but the mother takes it from me and does it instead so I won't get bitten

+ buying a suit: the phrase is about the color, which is a variant of blue [forgot, "lavender?"], I see the color and the suits in my mind, an option for a black and white striped/checked design is there, which I think will look good on me, I visualize it, the stripe pattern is a very tight weave, but my wife L says no, the (blue) one is much better and that's the one we need