Dreams or lack

Sometimes i wish i still had dreams, but lately it seems like i don't have them unless i've been sleeping for a solid seven or eight hours, which rarely happens when you consistently go to bed at 3 or 4AM because you have no job to wake up for in the morning or no class to study but don't really want to sleep in anyway, and occasionally get caught up talking to some other random person who also happens to be on fbchat when you are. but they are pretty odd/interesting when they do happen..but then my alarm goes off and i start snoozing it..but then the volume goes up each time until it's maxed, so at some point i actually have to drag myself out of bed.

family can be distinctly different in dealing with than friends, though lately my being in Shanghai hasn't made matters any better. everyone's off in all directions—some still in school or back in school, others working, still others getting married or moving in with their loves. it's odd, seeing people you knew in high school with kids celebrating their first birthdays..and we're not even talking just mormon ones, either. trying to figure out something to do for the fourth, but it's shaping up to be a lack of really any reasons for me to go anywhere Europe or Africa which is unfortunate. at least i've got convention to look forward to in a few months..