As one of my resolutions on my 26th birthday, I decided to record every dream I have for the next year. I blearily type notes into my phone each morning and pretty much just correct typos before posting here. My rules: I won't post something that would embarrass someone else (things I find embarrassing are another story). I only record dreams I recall upon waking up in the morning (no 3 a.m. bathroom break or post-nap recordings).
Without further ado, here's week 27:
July 16:
I woke up and there were three snakes under the covers of the bed - one tiny black one and two larger black ones. I freaked out and told Zack to make sure they didn't get away while I ran through our very jumbled, mostly-in-boxes apartment looking for empty boxes to trap the snakes in. Instead, I found a teeny-tiny bottle (like the kind they put seashells in and sell on Florida beaches to tourists). Zack managed to cram the tiny snake in there somehow. The second snake I trapped with a large plastic bin. He hissed and then turned from black to orange, yellow and tan spotted. I flipped him up in the container so he wouldn't squeeze out the bottom then went for the third and now (because it grew somehow) largest snake. I missed my first time, landing the container halfway across his body. He wasn't happy about that. Then our cat Kahlua came to investigate. I narrowly pulled her away before she got bit. When I looked up, snake #2 was still in his container but was sitting up real high and pretty like a cobra. And I knew he could get out if he wanted to.
Two custodial students were washing UNW's indoor track so I couldn't run. Instead, I ran in the hall outside the racquetball courts. This mom and her two kids stopped by me. The kids did my cha cha abs routine with me.
July 17:
My mom, dad, Nicole and Tawnya all went to live with the West family (my sister's husband's side of the family). My parents built an expansion on their house and they agreed to live together to try to save money. I went into Nicole's room (which looked like her childhood room with mint green walls) and she had floor to ceiling closets on half the room just stuffed with clothes -- mostly sports jerseys. I asked her why she never wore them because I thought sports jerseys were super cool. She just kinda shrugged.
Then I was going on a walk with the fam and they said they'd moving out from West's after all. Apparently they'd had some disagreement about who they should have come out to fix the dining room table. West's wanted this old friend who was really slow and not responsive. I remember my dad saying, "Business is business."
The trail we were walking became very muddy then and my parents remembered they had moved the truck closer so we'd actually walked past it already. We turned around and trudged through the mud back toward the truck. This fancy red mustang (though it said Chrysler on the front) came down the path slowly. I tried to move out of the way but my feet were stuck in the mud. He ran into me, but super slowly, and I climbed up on his hood shouting about the mud. He still didn't stop so I grabbed a piece of his fancy car and ripped it off and then jumped off the side.
My friend Kate and I were meeting up for lunch. I met her at KM (my old workplace) and Beki (old coworker) was there. Beki wouldn't stop talking about this little pink flower she had in a tiny glass case at her desk. Kate was annoyed.
July 18:
I was at a Caribou in a Sam's Club with someone's mom. She was ordering drinks and I was going to wait in line to checkout hoping we'd sync up so that by the time she ordered, I could pay (apparently they had this two line system...sort of like the cut counter vs. registers at a fabric store). I got to the register before she was ready with the drinks though. I explained the situation to the cashier and they sent me to a secondary line. Soon others were joining that line as well. This strange guy ended up behind me and he stood uncomfortably close to me the whole time. Then I saw Alyssa in the line. We hugged and she cried. There was a brilliant rainbow in the purple evening sky with stars.
I was at UNW standing out on the campus green with a cordless drill in hand. There was a concert directed by my 6th grade teacher Mrs. Wright. High school classmate Matt D played a really crazy fast song on the piano. He missed a few notes but no one cared because it was so impressive anyway. I was trying to sneak around the event, but kept getting in the way as people entered/exited the stage.
Then I was at an outdoors class where they teach about how to handle emergencies by acting them out. So this overly obese lady pretended to fall on these rocks and everyone laughed. The guide said, "No, it's quite serious." Then an old lady was attacked by a bear. I'm pretty sure that was real and not a skit, but who knows for sure.
July 19:
At my childhood church at some sort of party. There was fried chicken and a bunch of my friends were there, only things weren't going super well. It was dark and rainy outside.
July 20:
Jill B (one of my mom's friends) met me in the hall at my old school LCA. She told me about the fire she had for my mom and asked that I "make a siren to give it to her" (I have NO CLUE what that means now..that's what I wrote in my notes). I had no idea what she was talking about (apparently I had no clue then either) but agreed nonetheless.
Later, Jill found me and again iterated how important this fire thing was. I again pretended to know what she was talking about. Later I met up with my mom who was pregnant and in labor (weird). We were in this parking lot and Jill came up to the car, surprised to see no fire on my mom. I explained that, "I figured you'd given it to one of my siblings and they got confused, so I didn't say anything because I didn't want to embarrass you." (This was perfectly logical in the dream.)
Jill then explained that the fire is a fake metal fire that you buckle around your ankle and it's supposed to bring you luck. Of course! And that would need a siren because...because...fire ankle luck...
Then Zack and I were riding in a car with Chelsea (one of my college roommates). We went to her grandparent's house and met her grandpa. Zack and I were whispering to each other about how he was a total Druid, or possibly Ranger, while he led us into the trees explaining along the way what they were and how to use them. He was frustrated that others didn't use the forest like he did and that they cut down all the food trees.
I was in Renaissance time with the Doctor (10th, obviously), and had a book I had to smuggle to someone. I scaled a castle wall on a rope like those chandelier ropes people cut and ride up in the movies. I then distracted a party by ordering drinks for everyone so I could sneak through them without anyone following me.
July 21:
At my childhood church again. There were various camps being held there (soccer, dance, etc). I was manning a station in the lobby with my co-worker Megan. Out of nowhere, this UNW lady comes over demanding to have three interviews scheduled for Kelly (other coworker) immediately. She already has times picked out, but Kelly has stuff on her calendar for those times already. I try to explain this and the women becomes completely indignant that I won't schedule these interviews for her. She's yelling at me in the lobby and telling me how horrible a job I'm doing. Then I learn that these three people have already been interviewed and she's just wanting Kelly's assessment back.
I dreamed I was a crazy person in a rehab center. I was about to graduate but was only tricking everyone into thinking I was sane. Our final project was using play doh and markers to write a sort of final pledge or message that would be handed to the main staff doctor at graduation. We all made ours and had them approved but after everyone had left the room, I changed mine to say something else that was less than kosher. Mwa-ha-ha-ha.
Finally, I dreamed I was going to marry this guy and I was wearing a highlighter yellow tube top an white tutu. At the last minute I realized I didn't love him and jumped in a taxi, asking to be taken to a thrift store that accepts fabric. The taxi dropped me at this seamstress's house where I have to climb flight after flight of rickety stairs looking for her. There are miscellaneous guns all over the place and random stuffed animals (like, taxidermy kind, not cuddly kind). Finally I came upon the woman. She agreed to buy my wedding attire from me, but first asked me to sit with her and watch the movie Babe. She had a ton of cats and was cleaning a rifle.
July 22:
I dreamed that I was a dog hanging out with all these other dogs and watching (sometimes live and sometimes on TV) America's Got Talent. A boy with some sort of mental disability came on and made spaghetti and meatballs while spouting various quotes from and about Porky Pig. We dogs argued about whether he should go on to the next round or not.
Then I was in this twisty parking ramp in Duluth. It was raining. Tyler was there too. I'm not sure where I was trying to go, but wherever it was, I couldn't seem to get there.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
Dream Update: Week 26
As one of my resolutions on my 26th birthday, I decided to record every dream I have for the next year. I blearily type notes into my phone each morning and pretty much just correct typos before posting here. My rules: I won't post something that would embarrass someone else (things I find embarrassing are another story). I only record dreams I recall upon waking up in the morning (no 3 a.m. bathroom break or post-nap recordings).
Without further ado, here's week 26:
July 9:
I was at a party of some kind with my mom, her friend Gail, my aunt Robin, cousin Emily and some other ladies. Opening gifts took forever because all the ladies wanted to ohh and ahh over everything. Emily and I just wanted to go play giant four square in the yard (somehow chalk and 4-square on the grass with two people was going to work out super well).
At the school, three goody-goody girls in the class had written a sort of quiz book. The obviously correct and "Christian" answer was always the longest. I found it annoying, especially because the other answers were very short and all from other religions, and I wanted them to at least show respect by not oversimplifying other people's beliefs.
I was taking an eye exam and the doctor was doing the "which is better, 1 or 2?" thing. I couldn't decide though (which is very much like real life), so someone else who was sitting nearby watching kept telling me which was better. I was confused why they were deciding for me what I could see best, but I kept agreeing anyway and going with whatever option they chose for me.
July 10:
Some previous coworkers from KM (including Kay and Jochen) were at a company party. We were playing Catch Phrase, and it was my turn. The card I drew first didn't have words on it but instead had pictures and actions. They let me draw again. My second card had words, but they were really weird. One was "people taking other people's tests." A more normal one was "examination." When I started describing that one, the guessers turned into the cast of Friends. They guessed "exam" but couldn't remember what it was short for. Finally someone got it.
When leaving the party, Kay rode a bike and I drove. My car was totally out of control, and I kept running red lights, driving in the wrong lane and being incapable of stopping.
When leaving the party, Kay rode a bike and I drove. My car was totally out of control, and I kept running red lights, driving in the wrong lane and being incapable of stopping.
My brother Tyler was a little kid again (like 4) and had jumped in the pool. He came out shivering and cold. I gave him a big fluffy towel to wrap up in. Then he had something in his eye so I got a corner of the towel wet with warm water and held it against his eye. He kept trying to rub it, and I told him not to. When the corner got cold, I got a different part wet with warm water and held it on his eye again.
July 11:
I was trying to get to class at my high school, but was always late.
I was at a Molly's (a girl who went to my church and school's) grad party with my mom and looked at my watch. It said 11:30 a.m. except the sky was dark and stars were out. I then learned that it was actually after 3 p.m. and my watch was wrong (not that it being 3 in the afternoon explains the stars either). Realizing I was late once again, I ran to class but couldn't find my locker, so my friend Barbara helped me find it (we had lockers next to each other all through high school). But when I got to my locker and opened it up, it was virtually empty inside. I couldn't find the right notebook and folder for Mrs. Eskola's science class, so I just grabbed a random one and ran to class. Then my friend Anna and I went to Burger King for lunch. By the time we got our food, we were late returning for Mr. O's class.
I was at a Molly's (a girl who went to my church and school's) grad party with my mom and looked at my watch. It said 11:30 a.m. except the sky was dark and stars were out. I then learned that it was actually after 3 p.m. and my watch was wrong (not that it being 3 in the afternoon explains the stars either). Realizing I was late once again, I ran to class but couldn't find my locker, so my friend Barbara helped me find it (we had lockers next to each other all through high school). But when I got to my locker and opened it up, it was virtually empty inside. I couldn't find the right notebook and folder for Mrs. Eskola's science class, so I just grabbed a random one and ran to class. Then my friend Anna and I went to Burger King for lunch. By the time we got our food, we were late returning for Mr. O's class.
I dreamed Arden (my college dorm building) was on fire. Alyssa (friend and college roomie) and I escaped. Emily, Matt and Josh (all from high school) were all present as well.
July 12:
Zack and I were leaving this hotel room that we'd been living in for years. The hotel manager had never come to check up on it/us, and we were having trouble remembering what items were ours and which belonged to the hotel. Specifically some fake flowers and suitcases were cause for confusion. My mom and sister Tawnya were there helping clean as well. I talked to my nephew Charlie on the phone. He kept saying "I want to go to Grammie's house!" (which is definitely something he's said to me in real life...multiple times)
Zack and I were leaving this hotel room that we'd been living in for years. The hotel manager had never come to check up on it/us, and we were having trouble remembering what items were ours and which belonged to the hotel. Specifically some fake flowers and suitcases were cause for confusion. My mom and sister Tawnya were there helping clean as well. I talked to my nephew Charlie on the phone. He kept saying "I want to go to Grammie's house!" (which is definitely something he's said to me in real life...multiple times)
So, while they were finishing packing, I was trying to put on my makeup in a bathroom that looked just like the hall bath at my childhood house, but everyone kept interrupting me with questions.
Then I dreamed something about adolescent kids learning about their maturing, changing bodies and them being all giggly and uncomfortable about it.
July 13:
I slept very restlessly, so I ended up dreaming about not being able to fall asleep and checking the clock trying desperately to get to sleep before my alarm was set to go off.
I dreamed about exploring this little town with my mother-in-law Carrie, siblings-in-law Emilee and Tucker, and Zack. We ended up at this really lame carnival with carnival and arcade games. You would win tickets which you could then use to get prizes. Emilee got some tickets, and I was trying to convince her to get Dove chocolates (raspberry and blueberry!) but she didn't want to.
I dreamed about exploring this little town with my mother-in-law Carrie, siblings-in-law Emilee and Tucker, and Zack. We ended up at this really lame carnival with carnival and arcade games. You would win tickets which you could then use to get prizes. Emilee got some tickets, and I was trying to convince her to get Dove chocolates (raspberry and blueberry!) but she didn't want to.
I dreamed about our new house and trying to move stuff in. It wasn't going well for some reason, though I don't recall the details.
July 14:
I remember there was a giant velvet curtain, like the kind in old school theaters. Then I dreamed again about moving, and about trying to answer a child's question, "What does God look like?"
Then I dreamed about watching a ballet at the children's theater in Duluth, but then instead of ballet it was football. Two friends from high school, Lauren and Anna, were there with me. Lauren said she don't care one bit about football and was pretty sure Anna cared only if her team was playing.
July 15:
Dreamed they made a new Harry Potter movie for the "new generation." My niece Natalie was so excited to see it but was not allowed to until my sister Nicole had a chance to prescreen it. Nicole made the comment that Natalie refused to let her vacuum the house until she saw it (nervous about sucking up the movie I guess?).
I tried to toss a ball around outside, but it was all squishy and floppy, partially stuffed with cotton and heavy and weighted weird.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Dream Update: Week 25
As one of my resolutions on my 26th birthday, I decided to record
every dream I have for the next year. I blearily type notes into my
phone each morning and pretty much just correct typos before posting
here. My rules: I won't post something that would embarrass someone else
(things I find embarrassing are another story). I only record dreams I
recall upon waking up in the morning (no 3a.m. bathroom break or
post-nap recordings).
Without further ado, here's week 25:
July 2:
I dreamed I had been talking to this guy (not anyone specific I know in real life) a lot recently and we'd become good friends. One day, we're hanging out with my family at my old house when suddenly he gets a ring box out and gets down on one knee.
I feel happy for a moment and then think, "Wait, no. I'm married. And I don't like this guy like that. And I DO like Zack like that." So now I'm freaking out and make an excuse to leave with my mom. I pull her into her bedroom and I explain the predicament. She says that I'll have to say no. But I'm worried, because what if he isn't really asking me? What if he's just playing a prank, or showing me what he has for some other girl in a goofy way? So I can't say no first. I have to let him get it all out.
We go back and now he has a box of six giant cupcakes. He asks which I want to eat, and I say I really can't because I'm feeling sick to my stomach. My oldest sister Nicole says I need to play along and that she and my other sister Tawnya will help. So my sisters eat most of the cupcakes, and I manage a bite or two of a chocolate one. Then my friend opens the ring box. It's this little pink ring with a heart shape on it, which is so far from what I would be interested in. Tawnya tells me secretly that I don't want to live my whole life with a ring I don't like with no diamonds in it; she says I can get a better one later.
That ended that dream...apparently knowing that I didn't have to live with the ring forever is what I was worried about.
So then I'm with the cast of Critical Role (an RPG show) on stage at my old church. We're all in costume and playing this half-table topping, half-larping session. Mercer, the DM, brings back this troll NPC everyone loves and he, Percy and I find a secret door under the stage where a bunch of rotting blankets are stored under the insulation. We start exploring, crawling under the stage in the dark on our bellies. Percy goes furthest in only to start being pulled underground by giant attacking ants. I can't reach him, so I'm desperately trying to do something. I cast hold person and then can't remember if I have the spell or not. While I'm frantically looking for it on my spellsheet, the troll starts grabbing at my feet from behind, trying to yank me out. Kicking him off, I find that I don't have hold person, I have feather fall which is useless in this scenario. I try to throw Percy a rope, but he is sucked under by the ants and the troll pulls me out onto the stage. I decide to trick the troll, saying I have a present for him, but he has to follow all my rules to get it. Rule one: don't touch me. It works.
July 3:
Jerry P, my kindergarten Sunday school teacher's husband, was in this Professor X-esque wheelchair on a spaceship. I went around with him helping him get things done. The spaceship was decorated in one of two ways: either in dark maroon velvet drapes or standard silver metal spaceship.
July 4:
I was hanging out at a lake with my family (parents and my three siblings) when these stupid people on 4-wheelers came up the road by us. They went to their trailer, and I noticed they had little turtles and two big ones on their steps. I confronted them about not keeping those animals, because they were wild and needed to be free, and they got all awkward, not knowing what to say. I told them they had to bring the turtles back where they found them and let them free, but they sent them free right there. I got mad because we were by the ocean (suddenly, somehow) and these turtles can't survive in salt water. Later, as we were then back at the lake, I dreamed that my siblings and I played a trick on my dad and dragged him into the water off the dock.
Then I dreamed I was going into the hospital for a blood test. I got paperwork to complete and took it up these stairs with a glass railing to a circular balcony lined with patients, each sitting at little stations filing out their own paperwork. I found an empty station and sat down only to see I was next to a crazy lady who insisted on reading aloud any words she saw. She stole my chart to read aloud, but only her, me and her caretaker heard.
Zack and I were trying to buy two bags of sweet potatoes at the store. They were on sale for $7/pound. The lady at the register couldn't figure out how to ring them up with the sale, though, and charged us $7/bag instead. I accepted it, because I figured the bags weighed more than a pound anyway, so we were getting an even better deal.
Dreamed I was at work, except instead of being work, it was in my high school's basement. Getting there was hard because I was coming from my old house with my mom and Tyler, and I couldn't find the right shoes to wear, and really all I wanted to do was play this fascinating computer game where you get to choose your own adventure. I put on shoes and mom said that first, they didn't match my outfit, and second, they were hers. When I finally did get to work/school, Adam was there and we talked about hockey, which is weird because I know nothing about hockey in real life and I'm pretty sure it's not Adam's thing either. But of course, out of nowhere, there was this mini ice arena, so we and a few others put skates on and practiced.
Then my mom and I went out on the ocean on a Sea-Doo together. Tiana, my sister-in-law, was there as well, but on a Sea-Doo of her own. Then the ocean changed into Lake Superior, and we were dodging giant ships and such. My mom jumped us really high over massive waves.
July 5:
My friend Anna and I both got parts in Northwestern's production of "Revenant, the Musical" as part of the chorus. I received a welcome card, but never got instruction for rehearsals. Rebecca, the children's ministry direction from my childhood church, was directing the production, and I thought she was just being insane and not having the "extras" practice, opting instead that only those with roles needed to practice.
So, I arrived early at church (not Northwestern, for whatever reason) the night of the performance, but all the cast members were already there, lined up, to walk to the DECC, where the performance was. This is when I found out they'd been rehearsing all along. I asked Anna why she didn't tell me or ask why I wasn't there for rehearsals, but she didn't know.
So, we arrived at the DECC to a full audience. I was considering watching that first night, and then joining in the next day, but then I found my parents in the crowd. Then I had to perform that night, because they came all that way to see me. I stopped by my parents to tell them what had happened while everyone else went back stage. I couldn't find my way back, and they made fun of me. I reminded them that it was my first time here, since I'd never been invited to rehearsals. Then I realized I had no costume. I asked Rebecca about it, and she got angry at me. She said to just look around and figure it out. Everyone else was wearing shorts and swimwear, so I just wore my bra and rolled up my jeans as much as I could.
I faked it through the play and once was the last person on stage because I hadn't realized everyone else had exited. As I closed the door to backstage, I noticed at the last moment that the door had jingle bells on it. They were super loud as the door closed. Everyone laughed at me. I again reminded them I had no clue what I was doing.
I faked my way through a couple trio parts. Jeremiah, someone who went to my highschool, a few grades ahead of me, came backstage part way through saying how sick he was, but since me was a primary character, he couldn't stop the show. He gagged and looked sick, and then "threw up" chocolate treasure chests filled with caramel. Everyone ate them. I was reminded how weird theater people are.
I dreamed there was a team of people exploring these ruined buildings from the past. On the edges of their excavations were rough communities and bars and things, but the excavations themselves were only more dangerous, filled with lots of vile creatures. I led the quest to this old room with antique furniture with dragon heads carved on it. We spent an uncomfortable night in the ruins because some people didn't pack right and/or got into their sleeping bags with their outdoor clothes on and were therefore cold all night.
July 6:
My nephew Marek and I were playing a game where I'd set him a short distance from Nicole so he could run at her and tackle her legs. But after a while, he got sleepy and laid down on the floor for a nap.
Then I was riding in the car with Zack driving on Snively Road in Duluth. He coming up on the stop sign really fast.
"Stop!" I told him. And when he didn't slow down, I repeated, "Stop stop stop!"
We blew through the stop sign only for me to realize that I was the one driving, and he'd been in the passengers sleep napping. I realized I'd been asleep at the wheel and dreaming. I pulled over and woke him up so we could switch drivers.
July 7:
I was in the hall bathroom at work, which is this little one-stall bathroom, and I heard this whole group of people led by Jim outside the door. I realized that the vent in bathroom somehow connected to vent in my office, and the music in office was way loud in bathroom. I wanted to wait for the group outside the bathroom door to go away, but they lingered. So I washed my hands and walked out into this group. My friend Jason was there for New Employee Orientation, I greeted him, excited that he was going to be working at the same place as I was, but he said he wasn't Jason. His name tag said Tim Tebow. The group then demanded I come along on their tour with them.
My father-in-law Dave was driving a large suburban with Hunter, Carter, Zack and I all having to squeeze in the back bench seat. We were going to the grocery store to drive those electronic scooters around. Because what else are you going to do on a Saturday morning?
July 8:
I dreamed we were doing our final walk through at our house, but during the walk through realized it shared a wall with the neighbors. We never noticed that before. The neighbors also had two constant waterfalls over their doors that became a river that ran over to our side along the porch/sidewalk. I asked who paid for the water for all that. (Always so pragmatic.)
Inside, the previous owners were still having breakfast and had only half their things packed. It was awkward.
After closing, we took the keys and went to move in but the mom was still there and had a bunch of stuff (plants, furniture and kids toys) still left. I told her she had to move out now but she argued back. I said I'd give her an hour, and she said she'd take however long she wanted. She also had lunch prepared because she was having guests/movers over for a moving out party, and said she wouldn't leave until after lunch. I told her the house was not hers any more and that she was not allowed to be there any longer. (PS: We closed on our house for real on July 12..and we did not have any unexpected waterfalls, shared walls, or breakfast/lunch parties. Hooray!)
Without further ado, here's week 25:
July 2:
I dreamed I had been talking to this guy (not anyone specific I know in real life) a lot recently and we'd become good friends. One day, we're hanging out with my family at my old house when suddenly he gets a ring box out and gets down on one knee.
I feel happy for a moment and then think, "Wait, no. I'm married. And I don't like this guy like that. And I DO like Zack like that." So now I'm freaking out and make an excuse to leave with my mom. I pull her into her bedroom and I explain the predicament. She says that I'll have to say no. But I'm worried, because what if he isn't really asking me? What if he's just playing a prank, or showing me what he has for some other girl in a goofy way? So I can't say no first. I have to let him get it all out.
We go back and now he has a box of six giant cupcakes. He asks which I want to eat, and I say I really can't because I'm feeling sick to my stomach. My oldest sister Nicole says I need to play along and that she and my other sister Tawnya will help. So my sisters eat most of the cupcakes, and I manage a bite or two of a chocolate one. Then my friend opens the ring box. It's this little pink ring with a heart shape on it, which is so far from what I would be interested in. Tawnya tells me secretly that I don't want to live my whole life with a ring I don't like with no diamonds in it; she says I can get a better one later.
That ended that dream...apparently knowing that I didn't have to live with the ring forever is what I was worried about.
So then I'm with the cast of Critical Role (an RPG show) on stage at my old church. We're all in costume and playing this half-table topping, half-larping session. Mercer, the DM, brings back this troll NPC everyone loves and he, Percy and I find a secret door under the stage where a bunch of rotting blankets are stored under the insulation. We start exploring, crawling under the stage in the dark on our bellies. Percy goes furthest in only to start being pulled underground by giant attacking ants. I can't reach him, so I'm desperately trying to do something. I cast hold person and then can't remember if I have the spell or not. While I'm frantically looking for it on my spellsheet, the troll starts grabbing at my feet from behind, trying to yank me out. Kicking him off, I find that I don't have hold person, I have feather fall which is useless in this scenario. I try to throw Percy a rope, but he is sucked under by the ants and the troll pulls me out onto the stage. I decide to trick the troll, saying I have a present for him, but he has to follow all my rules to get it. Rule one: don't touch me. It works.
July 3:
Jerry P, my kindergarten Sunday school teacher's husband, was in this Professor X-esque wheelchair on a spaceship. I went around with him helping him get things done. The spaceship was decorated in one of two ways: either in dark maroon velvet drapes or standard silver metal spaceship.
July 4:
I was hanging out at a lake with my family (parents and my three siblings) when these stupid people on 4-wheelers came up the road by us. They went to their trailer, and I noticed they had little turtles and two big ones on their steps. I confronted them about not keeping those animals, because they were wild and needed to be free, and they got all awkward, not knowing what to say. I told them they had to bring the turtles back where they found them and let them free, but they sent them free right there. I got mad because we were by the ocean (suddenly, somehow) and these turtles can't survive in salt water. Later, as we were then back at the lake, I dreamed that my siblings and I played a trick on my dad and dragged him into the water off the dock.
Then I dreamed I was going into the hospital for a blood test. I got paperwork to complete and took it up these stairs with a glass railing to a circular balcony lined with patients, each sitting at little stations filing out their own paperwork. I found an empty station and sat down only to see I was next to a crazy lady who insisted on reading aloud any words she saw. She stole my chart to read aloud, but only her, me and her caretaker heard.
Zack and I were trying to buy two bags of sweet potatoes at the store. They were on sale for $7/pound. The lady at the register couldn't figure out how to ring them up with the sale, though, and charged us $7/bag instead. I accepted it, because I figured the bags weighed more than a pound anyway, so we were getting an even better deal.
Dreamed I was at work, except instead of being work, it was in my high school's basement. Getting there was hard because I was coming from my old house with my mom and Tyler, and I couldn't find the right shoes to wear, and really all I wanted to do was play this fascinating computer game where you get to choose your own adventure. I put on shoes and mom said that first, they didn't match my outfit, and second, they were hers. When I finally did get to work/school, Adam was there and we talked about hockey, which is weird because I know nothing about hockey in real life and I'm pretty sure it's not Adam's thing either. But of course, out of nowhere, there was this mini ice arena, so we and a few others put skates on and practiced.
Then my mom and I went out on the ocean on a Sea-Doo together. Tiana, my sister-in-law, was there as well, but on a Sea-Doo of her own. Then the ocean changed into Lake Superior, and we were dodging giant ships and such. My mom jumped us really high over massive waves.
July 5:
My friend Anna and I both got parts in Northwestern's production of "Revenant, the Musical" as part of the chorus. I received a welcome card, but never got instruction for rehearsals. Rebecca, the children's ministry direction from my childhood church, was directing the production, and I thought she was just being insane and not having the "extras" practice, opting instead that only those with roles needed to practice.
So, I arrived early at church (not Northwestern, for whatever reason) the night of the performance, but all the cast members were already there, lined up, to walk to the DECC, where the performance was. This is when I found out they'd been rehearsing all along. I asked Anna why she didn't tell me or ask why I wasn't there for rehearsals, but she didn't know.
So, we arrived at the DECC to a full audience. I was considering watching that first night, and then joining in the next day, but then I found my parents in the crowd. Then I had to perform that night, because they came all that way to see me. I stopped by my parents to tell them what had happened while everyone else went back stage. I couldn't find my way back, and they made fun of me. I reminded them that it was my first time here, since I'd never been invited to rehearsals. Then I realized I had no costume. I asked Rebecca about it, and she got angry at me. She said to just look around and figure it out. Everyone else was wearing shorts and swimwear, so I just wore my bra and rolled up my jeans as much as I could.
I faked it through the play and once was the last person on stage because I hadn't realized everyone else had exited. As I closed the door to backstage, I noticed at the last moment that the door had jingle bells on it. They were super loud as the door closed. Everyone laughed at me. I again reminded them I had no clue what I was doing.
I faked my way through a couple trio parts. Jeremiah, someone who went to my highschool, a few grades ahead of me, came backstage part way through saying how sick he was, but since me was a primary character, he couldn't stop the show. He gagged and looked sick, and then "threw up" chocolate treasure chests filled with caramel. Everyone ate them. I was reminded how weird theater people are.
I dreamed there was a team of people exploring these ruined buildings from the past. On the edges of their excavations were rough communities and bars and things, but the excavations themselves were only more dangerous, filled with lots of vile creatures. I led the quest to this old room with antique furniture with dragon heads carved on it. We spent an uncomfortable night in the ruins because some people didn't pack right and/or got into their sleeping bags with their outdoor clothes on and were therefore cold all night.
July 6:
My nephew Marek and I were playing a game where I'd set him a short distance from Nicole so he could run at her and tackle her legs. But after a while, he got sleepy and laid down on the floor for a nap.
Then I was riding in the car with Zack driving on Snively Road in Duluth. He coming up on the stop sign really fast.
"Stop!" I told him. And when he didn't slow down, I repeated, "Stop stop stop!"
We blew through the stop sign only for me to realize that I was the one driving, and he'd been in the passengers sleep napping. I realized I'd been asleep at the wheel and dreaming. I pulled over and woke him up so we could switch drivers.
July 7:
I was in the hall bathroom at work, which is this little one-stall bathroom, and I heard this whole group of people led by Jim outside the door. I realized that the vent in bathroom somehow connected to vent in my office, and the music in office was way loud in bathroom. I wanted to wait for the group outside the bathroom door to go away, but they lingered. So I washed my hands and walked out into this group. My friend Jason was there for New Employee Orientation, I greeted him, excited that he was going to be working at the same place as I was, but he said he wasn't Jason. His name tag said Tim Tebow. The group then demanded I come along on their tour with them.
My father-in-law Dave was driving a large suburban with Hunter, Carter, Zack and I all having to squeeze in the back bench seat. We were going to the grocery store to drive those electronic scooters around. Because what else are you going to do on a Saturday morning?
July 8:
I dreamed we were doing our final walk through at our house, but during the walk through realized it shared a wall with the neighbors. We never noticed that before. The neighbors also had two constant waterfalls over their doors that became a river that ran over to our side along the porch/sidewalk. I asked who paid for the water for all that. (Always so pragmatic.)
Inside, the previous owners were still having breakfast and had only half their things packed. It was awkward.
After closing, we took the keys and went to move in but the mom was still there and had a bunch of stuff (plants, furniture and kids toys) still left. I told her she had to move out now but she argued back. I said I'd give her an hour, and she said she'd take however long she wanted. She also had lunch prepared because she was having guests/movers over for a moving out party, and said she wouldn't leave until after lunch. I told her the house was not hers any more and that she was not allowed to be there any longer. (PS: We closed on our house for real on July 12..and we did not have any unexpected waterfalls, shared walls, or breakfast/lunch parties. Hooray!)
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