For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 01, 2024

Well, this time her arms and legs are in the correct position.

That’s Connie? I thought it was Annie! Guess Connie bleached her hair.

Elly has her dream and notice how it differs from her reality. Not only does she now know how to run, but more importantly, she looks great in her track suit AND she is is more petite and has a smaller butt than Connie.

I think we’ve all done this.

Running at 5 am like Rocky Balboa?

Ellie’s NEVER been a morning person! :D

An illustration of the old saying"the hardest step in a running program is the one out the door".

Don’t you just hate having those dreams within a dream within a dream scenarios? It’s like one of those Matroska dolls.

I’ve done that, except the alarm going off was part of the dream.

Don’tcha just hate dreams like that?

Just the other night I had a series of dreams all beginning with me hitting my alarm clock…which is funny because I haven’t used the alarm on my clock in years. The clock itself is still there but I use my phone for the alarm. Anyway, there was a string of about 3 or 4, all starting the same as this strip. Different times, tho.

Dreaming about it is a start!

she thought she was… :J

“Dream a little dream of me”

M&Ps

Oh, I have done this! Hit the alarm and then dreamed of what I was supposed to be doing!

Needed a Connie parallel 2-4 panel here.

5AM? Forget it!

Lynn’s Comments:

I’ve always hated to exercise. I can garden all day or walk for miles or clean up a kitchen, but don’t ask me to go to a gym! I’ve joined running groups just to have company in my misery. I’ve joined gyms hoping the expense would be a catalyst, but the relief of not going is wonderful. Just the smell of a gym makes me want to scream, “Get me outta here!” I can trace all this back to my high school gym teachers. There was trauma there for sure!

To dream the impossible dream

I can still run like I was a kid when I dream.

I’ve done this more times than I can count regarding having a dream about work…then the alarm would sound, I’d wake up thinking I had already been working for hours, and now I had to get up and do it all over again…ugh! I learned if I hit the snooze alarm and was able to doze off and then wake up dreaming of something else, it sure made getting out of bed a whole lot easier. Of course now that I’m retired, if I wake up dreaming about work, I just smile, turn over and go back to sleep!

In my dreams, John…. LOL

Ooga Farley!

Booga Farley!

Googa Farley!

Wooga Farley!

Why is Elly so worried about her health? The Pattersons have OHIP!

Has the dog’s passing been accepted, or are we going to be seeing comments eulogizing Farley for the remainder of this strip’s run?

This is how the mind tricks us to get more sleep.

John, did you have to wake her up? She’s never made better time!

Well, she is running the race with vigor, in her dream.

5AM?? Time to start an extensive search for a new neighbor.