Every night for the past week I have had a dream about being late for work or class. And not just 15 minutes late, but hours late. I am never late…or at least I am only late maybe a handful of times for the entire year. I am usually always 15 minutes early and sometimes 30 minutes early for class. I hate being late. So, I cannot figure out the dreams. Am I really worried I am going to be late? I do have lateness anxiety…but why all the dreams all of the sudden? I probably have an I’m-going-to-be-late dream at least once a month, sometimes a little more often. But every night for a whole week? That seems a little excessive. Perhaps stress? Who knows. I really wish I would stop having this dreams though. Because of them I usually wake up in a panic a few hours before my alarm clock is going to go off and then I have a hard time falling asleep. That’s the other thing. I have a backup plan as far as alarm clocks go. I use my cell phone as my main alarm clock and then I have an actual alarm clock that is set 15 minutes after the cell phone goes off just in case I fall back asleep or my cell phone doesn’t go off. See, I even have extra precautions to keep me from being late. So why the hell am I so worried when I am asleep?