"Are you okay?"
"..."
"...You're hurt..."
"..."
*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*
I woke up and stopped my alarm, it was a dream. It was a little short to make sense of it, I sit up and grab my notepad and I jot down what little details I could remember. I've been keeping a journal of all my dreams for over a year now, I've been trying to increase the frequency of my lucid dreams. So far I've only had one so far and I woke up straight away, it's a start. But as they say, practise makes perfect. "Morning, Pinkie" I say to my figure of Pinkie Pie on my bedside table. I've been a brony for nearly a year now, my only regret is that I didn't discover it earlier. Right then, time to get ready for work. I get out bed and I head downstairs into the kitchen where I put the kettle on. I grab a mug from the cupboard and place it on the counter, I then put in a tea bag and two sugars.
*CLICK*
The kettle has boiled, I fill my mug with the water and I proceed to the fridge where I grab the milk and put some into the brew. I take a sip then head over into the living to sit down for bit. I hate waking up early, I'm not a morning person personally I'd prefer if work started later in the morning. Work pays the bills, so I should stop complaining really. I grab my cuppa, finish it and head to the bathroom to clean my teeth. I then get dressed into my work gear head back downstairs, I grab my car keys on my way out of the house.
Driving to work is usually pretty dull, with the slow moving traffic and frequent stopping I usually let my mind wonder. Not too much of course, don't want to cause an accident. Anyway, I arrive at work and sit at my desk - it's an open plan office, not really the best environment when it gets noisy and you need to concentrate. A few other colleagues start to come into the office one-by-one as the workday begins.
*RING-RING* *RING-RING*
I check the caller ID, it's Bill one of our biggest customers who I mainly do work for. I answer it.
"Hello."
"Morning, Danny-boy. How's it going?"
"Tired, but at least it Friday tomorrow. How's yourself?"
"Good good, anything planned for the weekend?"
"Nothing much really, just a few things to sort."
"Excellent. Dan, I need to change a few things to the accounts system to make it easier for the staff to use. I'll send over the specifications for it via e-mail."
"No problem, Bill. I'll start it as soon as it arrives."
"Good stuff, I'll call you later to how you're getting on."
"That's fine, see you later."
"Bye."
"Bye."
I put the phone back on the receiver.
*BLING*
My e-mail client pops up with the e-mail from Bill, that was quick. I open it and fire up the attachment then read it through. Hmmm, very straight forward. Few screen changes, removal of buttons, etc. - no problem. I open up the IDE and open the accounts project up. While it loads I decide to catch up on the events over on El Reg and Memebase. Few new memes over on MLB from the latest episode of season three. Anyway, the project has loaded so I crack on with it.
After a few hours the work is done and deployed, Bill is happy. The boss comes over to me.
"Dan, need you to start this project."
"What is it?"
"We've got a new customer which requires some major customisations."
"Let's see them."
The boss hands over the specifications.
"Hmm, nothing major at all - will take me the rest of the day to complete it."
"That's good, as we need them by first thing tomorrow."
"Sigh."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'll start now."
The boss leaves. Typical, always leaves things to last minute. Better get started.
The day passes uneventfully while I completed the project until it's 5PM - time to go home. Uughh, I'm tired. Don't mind being tired, it allows me to put my mind into a different state. It's hard to explain but it lets my mind wonder off where I can see images and sometimes hear sound. I leave work and head to the car then I set off home.
Back at home I make myself something to eat and sit on the sofa. I sit back with my eyes closed, I let my mind wonder for a second.
It's dark, pitch black but wait there's something there. A faint colour, hard to make out what colour it is. I then leave my alternative mind state, odd - I can usually stay in that state for longer. Interesting, wonder if it was related to the dream I had earlier? The evening moves along swiftly until eventually it's bedtime. I brush my teeth then hit the hay.
Night world, night Pinkie - see you in the morning.