Dream Update: Week 28

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 28:

July 23: 
Mr. O (my high school volleyball and track coach) said he found a loophole that would allow me and Jenny (co-captain) to come back and play volleyball for one more season. He told Jenny he needed her because they didn't have someone to play outside hitter, and he thought she would do well in the position. He then told me that he already had a "big bad middle hitter," and I'd have to fight for my position. I was nervous because of how long it's been since I touched a volleyball. I don't know how that battle went in the end...I hope I beat out the current middle hitter and got one more season of game time though!

The Doctor (as always, 10th...that's my doctor guys...the only one who has EVER appeared in my dreams), my brother Tyler, myself, and a few others got sucked up onto this space ship that was run by Daleks. The whole ship was basically one giant pop can which the Daleks were planning to use it to reflect the sun down to earth to destroy it. We all ended up escaping and running to the shiny metal part that would be the bottom of the pop can and laying on it to cover it up and save the world. The Doctor worked some of his magic and made the ship slowly shrink until it was just a crumpled pop can back on earth.

July 24: 
I was playing volleyball and Sam P. (a kid a few grades below me in high school) was on opposing team. He served to us, but served his glasses over instead of the ball. Anna (volleyball teammate) missed the first serve and I encouraged her that she'd get it next time. Again with the apparently-legal glasses serve and another miss. And again. Frustrated, I went to the ref and argued that you can't play volleyball with glasses. The ref said she already had points down with them so it was too late to change now.

Then I was going to a wedding on the beach with some friends. We arrived late and had to walk down the aisle right behind the couple to get to our seats. Mark and Melissa (friends of my sister) were guests at the wedding as well.

Then I was at mall waiting to meet up with Zack and our friend Caleb (who I haven't seen in forever). While I was waiting, I bought a Dairy Queen ice cream cake. Zack and Caleb arrived and they ALSO had bought an ice cream cake. We grabbed forks and dug in. And yes, it was delicious in every way.

July 25:
I was at LCA (high school) and couldn't find my locker (I was looking for the one I had my junior year on left side of hall when coming from Spanish room). There were little half lockers lining some of the hall and then the regular full ones that are actually there. I knew I had a full one, but they were all empty so I couldn't tell which was mine based on what was inside. Eventually I figured out my number was 35. My friends Alyssa and Lauren were there as well helping me out.

Someone (I don't recall who) and I scaled the side of this steep cliff. About halfway up, this guy leans over from the top and shouts to us, "Why don't you use my sled dog team?" I tell him we don't need his team and were perfectly capable on our own (sounds like something I'd say). So we scramble to the top and he introduces us to all his dogs. They're giant and fluffy and mean, growling and nipping at us as we say hello. The man explains that every year he leaves one dog at the top alone for the summer. Then tells us story on how a miniature donkey become his lead dog, and was amazing at it, but then it was the donkey's turn to be left on the cliff for the summer and the other mushers, consumed with jealousy, came and killed it. After that, the man had a fox lead instead, but the other mushers didn't like that either, and they shot it during a race. Mushing's hardcore stuff.

July 26:
My dad and Papa Tony had been out working on my car and thought they'd gotten it fixed. Then my dad became Darth Vader and demanded I go out to look at my car right away. It was winter so I asked if I could get a jacket and shoes first. He consented. Outside, I took my car for a test drive and the brakes wouldn't work. I weaved through the neighborhoods, narrowly avoiding people and trash cans and things, and eventually ended up behind this school where a police officer was breaking up a brawl between two kids. The officer had his gun out right away, which I found odd considering it was just a little school yard tussle.

Eventfully the officer got the kids separated, but then one of the kids turned into an adult man. I switched between being the cop, the man and myself throughout the remainder of the dream. The man had been pulled over 441 times by the police but only ticketed 4 times. The gun made a lot more sense then.

Tawnya, Charlie and I watched a train go by. It had rubber tires for some weird reason and they squeaked against the rails uncomfortably.

July 27:
I was in DGT's (childhood church) parking lot when my little nephew Marek ran up to me and I picked him up. I held my niece Natalie's hand and went inside with her and Mason (my other nephew). Nothing really happened here other than that, but it was nice anyway.

I was at work trying desperately to get my a scanner to work. Eventually I figured it out but then I lost my debit card, which doesn't really affect the scanner at all, but it distracted me from my victory.

There was a fancy alumni dinner at UNW and one of the alum's snobby little daughters made me rub her feet. All the alums were watching a show sort of like Dear Reader, but it wasn't Harry Potter. It was a different movie with Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe in it. Afterwards the bad guys (I have no idea what I mean by "bad guys" here...apparently there were bad guys...) forced me to go back to my office instead of home. On the way, there was a car accident in the hall (yes, you read that right). A raccoon was bleeding out and the paramedics were trying to save him. A noble cause.

I finally got back to my office and continued looking for the debit card I lost but to no avail. Servant of King who ordered me there was being a jerk (okay, I clearly did not do a good enough job with my bleary notes after this night's dreams...I have no idea when a King came into the picture, but okay). I had to keep demanding he listen to me, but he kept not cooperating.

Matt, Nicole, Tyler, and I played this game involving a shop vac, a blue bouncy ball and a hula hoop. I was winning but then they all ganged up on me and in the end I lost. Go figure. I think there have definitely been times in real life where their goal has been nothing more than "make sure Heidi doesn't win."

July 28:
My niece Natalie was a toddler again and was looking for Nicole. I helped her find her. Nicole had this "French-designed" ear wax sucker. It was a long skinny tube attached to what looked like a red mini-wind-bed. It was also disgusting and sucked up so much stuff. Gross.

Kate and I went to yoga together despite her being very pregnant then met up with a group of friends she said were from her church.

Jenna and I were listening to an audio book about a teen girl who has something to do with spiders and bullying. I asked Jenna if she had to tell people what the book was about, what she'd say. As she started to answer, this van almost backed up into us and she got interrupted.

July 29:
There was an event held at UNW outside of Riley by all the pillars. They had some yard games set up, but it was really pretty disorganized. As people started heading inside, Drew (who used to work at UNW when I was a student there) asked me to try to coordinate a game inside instead. So I had everyone build a race track for a marble to go down out construction paper and tape. Then everyone raced their marbles to see who could make their marble roll farthest. My team with Alyssa and Lauren won. Then I had to work front desk phone (bleh) and a person who called couldn't hear me when I answered (this happens occasionally in real life when covering the front desk and you have to yell into the phone and you feel really pretty stupid).

I was at a high school class party with Anna, Will, Lauren and some random Asian chick. Asian chick was ignoring me, so I was sad. No one else would acknowledge that she was doing it though and they told me to get over myself. I broke down crying and Will have me a hug.