Dreamt I was on a road trip with my mom, and suddenly realized I didn’t know where we were going. She said, “don’t you remember? I’m taking you out to your program. You’re going to grad school in Texas.” I live in Philadelphia and am very much a coastal person; plus, my boyfriend/family/life is out here.

Then I noticed we were somehow driving through Arizona (to get to Texas from Pennsylvania? Somehow?). And we were driving by the Grand Canyon at quick clip and close range. I’m terrified of heights.

I objected that I didn’t remember wanting to do this, and what, was it just a quick certification program? A year? She said, no, three-and-a-half years.

The car didn’t seem to have enough of my things, and I didn’t have my phone. My cat wasn’t in the car. I woke up watching our car drive perilously close to the edge of the cliff.