sleep what where?

I've been sick since Thursday. Just a stupid head cold, but it knocked me flat. Thursday I called in sick to work and slept most of the day away. Friday, I went in and was sent home on account of looking flushed at 12:30, and came home and slept. Today, I slept until about 10 am, a full 11 hours after I went to bed. Last night was especially weird. In addition to feeling totally dried out despite sleeping all of 3 feet from a humidifier, I had such vivid dreams that I spent no small amount of time this morning sorting them out from reality. I dreamed I met a realtor, who's picture I've seen, and who I spoke to on the phone yesterday (or the day before, depending on how/when/if you sleep). In my dream he was tanner than his picture, and had many more lines in his face. His handshake was firm, and he was very sweet. I also dreamed that I left my mail in the mailbox and this was somehow a source of embarassment for me. I woke up seeing the rubber band that bound my mail together, and remembering the lines on the back of the magazine it covered, making it hard to read. I also dreamed I went grocery shopping and remembered thinking that since I was sick I should be sure to bag every mushroom I touched. I only realized that was a dream when I tried to cook mushrooms tonight and there were none.
And now it's 5 am. I haven't slept since my nap this afternoon. I feel mostly better - the cement seems to have left my sinuses - but I don't know how to get back to sleep. And if I do, I don't know that I have my faculties intact (holden who?) enough to separate the dreaming from the living.
At least Buddy still snores.

If you listen closely

... you can hear the District screaming in terror.