Fake Hallucinations

Yesterday night I suddenly woke up around midnight and realized that what woke me up was the music of "Bits of Paper..." being played somewhere in the house. It stopped after a round and I was confused if it was a dream that extended; both my daughter and husband were fast asleep. I checked the keyboard and it was off. We have a toy which plays such music when pressed but I hadn't seen it in quite some time but I looked for it nevertheless. It wasn't there among the toys. I went back to bed still puzzled.

I woke up again sometime early in the morning. This time "Row Row Row a Boat..." was playing. As I shot up from my bed this time, I was glad to see my mother going to the toilet. I asked her where the music came from and she said, "what music!" What was going on! What kind of dreams was I getting? But if it was only a dream, why did I wake up like this? Now I started thinking of Sacks' Hallucinations and it's a surprise that I managed to go back to sleep.

Third time was at 6:30 and this time it was "Mary had a Little Lamb" but I cracked it finally. It was that toy indeed and it was in the cabinet below the bed. My son had moved some things there yesterday and this one had moved up to touch the cot when we shifted our weight. Ho! Relief!

Tomorrow have to be in the office to take daylong interviews. Has killed my happiness already.