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CAFE AND DINER RECEIPT

DATE: 6/24/16

BY C.C.

SHADOWY NIGHTMARES CASE NO. 5

I think I’m ready to try that ice bath experiment. I’m not sure what will happen to me if anything, but I’ve made my peace with it. I’m hoping that plunging myself as deep as I can into the icy waters of the unknown will push my nightmares over the edge and, perhaps, rid me of them once and for all. At this point, I feel like my dreams are trying to tell me something, and if we can finally listen to them, perhaps they will cease their stranglehold on me.

Tonight, at the Witching Hour, J.L. and I are going to try it. Why the Witching Hour? It feels right. I don’t exactly understand how all this… coffee… stuff works. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it, though it’s hard when I can’t tell what is and isn’t just a part of my dreams. Still, from what I do know about coffee, the best time to drink it should be around 3 A.M., right? That is around when I had my recent episode at DeForest Park, after all.

Oh, and O.L. asked if she could join us as well. I suppose there is no better time to get to know someone than when I am thrashing around in paralyzing hypnogogic terror, is there? Sorry. I don’t mean to come off as antagonistic. I’m still just… wary of O.L.’s presence and true intentions, and her eagerness to watch over what could be a very vulnerable moment set off some of my alarm bells. Not to mention how incessant she was. J.L. says she’s just worried about me and that having someone who knows a bit more about the Coffee Business present would probably be helpful, so… O.L. will be there too.

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