This spring, I spent a day exploring Petra on a small-group tour run by Explore Worldwide. But at Jordan’s sites, you learn how small you are in time. The Himalayas or the Grand Canyon might put into perspective how small you are in the world. And there it stands in front of you, basked in brilliant sunlight: the majestic archeological jewel, known as the Treasury, carved from the face of a red sandstone cliff. Or for the Bedouin people who resettled in Petra after the city lay largely abandoned for centuries, or for the Europeans who brought news they had “rediscovered” it to the Western world in the 1800s.īut just as you lose yourself in these thoughts, the Siq comes to an abrupt end.
You imagine what this journey might have been like for the city’s Nabatean citizens, coming home after long caravan voyages some 2,000 years ago. Matt claims innocence, but the judge declares him guilty.The famous facade, carved out of a stone cliff, known as The Treasury, is believed to have been created during the golden age of Petra's Nabatean inhabitants, between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. The judge accuses him of committing a crime against reality, as he was unhappy with his home life. In Matt's final reality in the episode, he is in a courtroom. His bride is an ugly-looking woman who demands to know why Matt kept her waiting on their wedding day. In the episode, one of Matt's realities sees him on his wedding day. The SWAT team leader becomes angry when Matt doesn't know which wire to cut.
In the episode, one of Matt's realities sees him trapped in a room with a bomb set to go off. A doctor and nurse become frustrated when Matt seems too nervous to operate on his latest patient: The President of the United States. In the episode, one of Matt's realities sees him as a famous surgeon. When Matt keeps screwing up during the game, his coach relentlessly berates him. In the episode, one of Matt's realities sees him as a famous hockey player. In the television adaptation, Bruce, Lacie, and Wayne are replaced by two secret-agent looking men in black suits, who are also hunting Matt. They, along with Lacie, have been tasked with stopping Matt from warping reality. Matt's "father" forces his son to ride on its back, but he too frozen in fear to do so. In Matt's third reality, his family owns a pet monkey named Pansy and are apart of the circus. However, their phone number now belongs to someone else, and they seemingly do not exist. In Matt's second reality, he tries to dial is aunt and uncle for help. Matt is unnerved by this, especially since his father died when he was a baby. In his house, he meets two total strangers who claim to be his parents. When Matt awakens the second time, he finds himself back as a twelve-year-old and without siblings. While she's initially kind, Lacie turns out to actually be a member of the Reality Police, who are trying to track him down for breaking reality.
She picks Matt to join her volleyball team.Ī twelve-year-old girl with blond hair that Matt encounters while he's trapped as a teenager. She's doesn't believe Matt when he tells her he's actually twelve and not sixteen.Ī girl at Matt's high school. His high school forces him to read a passage of Anna Karenina, and mocks Matt when he's unable to pronounce the character's names. When Matt first sleeps in the guest room, he wakes up to find himself as a teenager. She has to work two jobs and is not around much as a result. She refuses to let Matt move his bedroom into the guest room. He seems friendly to everyone except Matt. She has wiry brown hair like Greg, and much like him, she enjoys teasing Matt.īiggie is the Amsterdam's dachshund. Greg loves to tease Matt by speaking into a tape recorder and narrating his daily activities in an obnoxious manner. However, Matt soon finds his reality drastically changing each time he wakes up. When his mother forbids him from moving his bedroom into their house's guest room, Matt disobeys her orders and does so anyway. Matt is often picked on by his older siblings. This page contains spoilers! Do not read this before finishing the story. The following is a list of characters from Don't Go to Sleep! and its television adaptation in order of appearance.
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