Ordinary Day

I was dreaming something that seemed to be a combination of the Aubrey-Maturin series and Shakespeare in Love, at least in the sense that someone who seemed very Gwyneth-Paltrow-like had been caught pretending to be a crewmember of Aubrey's ship. And Aubrey had to lead the effort to get her rescued and returned to her rightful place among the crew. It seemed like a pretty damned neat dream at the time, even if the Gwyneth Paltrow-esque figure did not appear to be "me". ;) I mention this at any rate not only because of the amusement value of having an Aubrey dream

You know that I just love this dream! I've only dreamt about Jack a couple of times, and I really couldn't tell you what it was all about except he was in it (considering he hates women being on his ship -- outside of this woman you'll read about in the later books and she's one of the ones in surgery that helps Stephen with the amputations, cleaning up, etc. Can't remember her name, but as she wasn't an attraction for the men, that made a big difference. Unlike Clarissa Oakes who caused a lot of problems...and the woman who was married to a crewman in The Far Side of the World when you finally get to it). Most of my dreams have centered around John Biebe, but he's my favorite. :-)

Glad you've finally gotten to The Surgeon's Mate. You'll have to let me know what you think of it.