last night I dreamed I was at a beach in a remote town at home. I've dreamed about this place before. It's something like my mother's hometown but more remote, on a peninsula that seems almost entirely made of sand, and the beachscape is steep and grand, like somewhere only ships would land. There's a thin row of houses up on the peninsula. 

last night I was in the water, trying to wade my way up onto the beach, and each time I made some progress a wave would come and drag me back. I was making a herculean effort to break through that invisible barrier to get to the point where it would finally be easier.