last night's dream

i stayed at this small vertical apartment
one tiny room
on top of another tiny room
and
what i did there
was sort through records
presumably
my old record collection
from whenever
except
i didn't really recognize
anything
not even in the dream

but i slept
and took baths
and
listened to music
for days
and i came away with a large set of digital files

i returned
to wherever i lived
to a new job
i was an assistant manager
for some type of retail or cafe place
i was making the schedule
and i scheduled myself
to work from 5a-5p
giving performance reviews
then i checked with the manager:

i just scheduled myself to do reviews
then it occurred to me that i would not want
the new person doing reviews
might lower morale
do you want me to change the schedule

no, she said
go ahead and do them
it'll give everyone a chance to meet you

but
i had just gotten in
i was tired
it was thursday
the manager never posted the schedule till friday
so i didn't post it yet
because
12 hours is a long day of reviews
it's not like working 12 hours
i always hated doing reviews
i thought i might look over the schedule the next morning
with fresh eyes
and see a better way to do it
and still
get the schedule out
before
they
expected it


don't know what all this means
but
it was clear
and
i remembered it