i also dreamt that i was at the beach with my kids, and my son turned to me and said, "mom, can i have a smoke?" and i put a cigarette inbetween his lips and lit it for him, thinking "i really shouldn't be doing this!" and saying to him, "if anyone else comes along you've gotta ditch that thing!" and him nodding in a conspiratorial kind of way. god! i am trying to not put too much stock in that dream, though...because just before this had happened we were watching jeff goldblum dash, naked, through the roiling surf and he waved at me to join him and i declined. ha. as if i would ever say no to frolicking naked with jeff goldblum.