May 7:
Zack and I were at an event and afterwards my friend Lauren wanted to go visit her
dad's graveside. She asked me to go with. I asked Zack if I could and he
said yes then he got teary-eyes and told her how sorry he was and to take
all the time we wanted.
I was training in a military academy. One of the guys in my class kept giving
up on stuff but he was an addict trying to break free, so the drill sergeant didn't
throw him out, instead forcing him to keep going as a lesson in perseverance.
Karna, an old coworker from KM, told me all about the meaning of the lyrics of a Sam Smith
song and then asked why she hadn't seen me in a while. I told her I'd
gotten a new job. At first said it was at KM, but then caught myself and
said "Wait, no, it's at UNW."
May 8:
I was sledding down the hall and stairs in LCA (my old school) and trying to video record it in a first-person experience way. Then I wasn't on a sled, but was instead just sliding on my boots. My brother Tyler was in front of me, which upset me at
first because I wanted the exp to be like roller coaster tycoon, but after a minute I was was
okay with it because he would give viewers context. However, we kept getting
stopped partway down the staircase so I wasn't able to finish the video.
In one of the stair landings we got stopped at, my uncle Todd had set up a makeshift animal pen
that held a largish sort of kangaroo/rodent type creature. I played
with it then put it back in the pen but it got out. I realized there
were holes in the pen and I tried to mend them, but every piece I moved to cover one hole just exposed another one.
Then I was at a restaurant trying desperately to get some apple cinnamon French toast but to no avail.
Then I was outside LCA and we were fighting big scary bad guys and monsters,
but they wouldn't die. At the last moment, I remembered that I had hidden the blade that would
kill them years before in a tree. I ran to the tree, which had grown
around the blade now, and started peeling all the bark and wood back. I got the
weapon out. It had a long handle with a short, curved blade on the end. I
ran back to face this giant muscled bad guy who had a huge sword. I fought him
but was only ever able to scratch him with my weapon, which was frustrating.
Somehow we ended up winning and after the battle, all the girls got all
fancy and prom-like. I did too but felt like I was not at pretty as the others. Zack told
me I was though. (Aww.)
May 9:
I dreamed I went to this vast desert land (I've been there in dreams
before) in a fantasy land where I was a princess of the realm. One of the
desert tribes captured me. There are two desert tribes - one good and one
bad. The good one is the one who captured me, and they were trying to
keep me safe from the bad one. I didn't believe them though, and I escaped,
running through the desert only to be caught by the bad tribe. They took
me to a marketplace with a bunch of stands and people and horses to
auction me off.
Then I dreamed I was entering an ultramarathon where you could ride a
horse or a camel for the first part before you'd start running. My horse
was black and very jumpy but also very fast. He didn't like being too
close to the horse in front of him.
May 10:
I dreamed Zack and I were at this burger joint/used car dealership in a
western world with airships (because why not?) There were two cowboy/skyship captains there who started fighting. I stood
up in between them (sporting some bad ass spurs and a bandanna) and said, "You don't
really want a lady to have to break this fight up do you?"
"You're just brave because you have you guns," they replied.
"No, they're back on my airship," I said. I guess they backed down after that.
Then I got hired as the spokes model for a Japanese self-driving car.
Then I was working at KM, UNW and one other place (not the Japanese self-driving car job) and it was just too much. My
clients at KM's only communications were IM'd emoticons and it was my responsibility to figure out what they were saying.
Jenna got picked at a Ren Fest to be one of the royal court, but she was
nervous because the guy she was paired with was super sketchy.
May 11:
I went to Zack's parent's house, only they were living in a high rise condo.
Kahlua (our cat) was there and she went totally feral, clawing and biting and
hissing. I climbed on top of the fridge to escape, but she kept parkouring
up the wall to get me. I climbed down and ran to a nearby room, closing the door behind me, but she pushed the door down.
May 12:
Sami, a friend from high school, was getting married and I was with the bridal party (but not a part of the bridal party). Everyone was getting ready at this dance studio, and Sami was
freaking out not knowing what groom was doing. I started calling all
over to find out in order to put her at ease. People were impressed with my savvy. I responded with,
"Well, you know what they say, always a bridesmaid...oh wait" because I was
both married and not a bridesmaid.
Me and a couple friends got imbued with this massive, uncontrollable
power from this old woman. It made us super strong and magical. We were
testing out and training our new abilities. I wish I remembered more details about what they were, but alas...
Finally, I was going to LCA's (my high school's) class party at the school and brought tacos but
didn't have enough taco meat for everyone. In the car I realized I was
wearing a dress but we were going to be playing dodgeball in the gym.
There was no time to go back and change though.
May 13:
I was a TA for a professor. I kept writing something (I don't recall what) and crossing it out over and over again because it wasn't right for some reason. There was no escape
I was singing in Christmas Town and Santa smiled at me
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Friday, July 1, 2016
Dream Update: Week 16
April 30:
I was at Costco trying to buy pieces to put together a Christmas centerpiece, but they were all out of the copper bins I wanted. (I planned to fill them gold and white beads and a candle). At the checkout, I ran into my old college professor Amy McCann and her baby. He pooped and it got everywhere, so I helped carry his mattress (which had been in the cart) out to her car but it was all full of poo too and it got all over me.
Paul, Adam, Zack and I were playing an RPG together. I said I wanted to play a bard who believed no one would attack her because she was too pretty. I recognized that this was going to be a dangerous belief to hold, but I was going to do it anyway.
My brother Tyler and I were on a lake in paddle boat fishing. While on the boat, we somehow saw an infomercial for these fishing gloves that connected your right hand to your partner's left and were formed to hold the end of your fishing pole...like those cuddle mittens for couples, except fishing. We didn't use them but thought they were weird. Then I accidentally hooked someone's vacant, free-floating pontoon boat and reeled it over to us (apparently I had very strong fishing line). Then we decided we should return the boat to its owner's dock. I had Tyler hold onto the pontoon while I paddled. We went up this narrow river that had cars parked all along the edge of it toward the house I thought the boat belonged to only to find that the house was completely landlocked.
Then there were those Mongolian horse people with super hairy horses whose manes went like 3/4 of the way down their bodies. One horse had it all braided in these awesome geometric patterns. I looked out the window to see one horse carrying another horse in a blanket on its back and a second horse draped over its neck. I pointed it out to everyone (because whoa) but no one else could see it.
Then I dreamed that my nephew Charlie was 2 months old again, but was saying the phrases he says now, most notably I recall him saying, "Be paaaaatient" and "fascinating." I said he must have been sent back in time into his younger body and everyone thought I was batty. No clue why...
May 1:
Paul, Adam, Zack and I were playing an RPG together. I said I wanted to play a bard who believed no one would attack her because she was too pretty. I recognized that this was going to be a dangerous belief to hold, but I was going to do it anyway.
My brother Tyler and I were on a lake in paddle boat fishing. While on the boat, we somehow saw an infomercial for these fishing gloves that connected your right hand to your partner's left and were formed to hold the end of your fishing pole...like those cuddle mittens for couples, except fishing. We didn't use them but thought they were weird. Then I accidentally hooked someone's vacant, free-floating pontoon boat and reeled it over to us (apparently I had very strong fishing line). Then we decided we should return the boat to its owner's dock. I had Tyler hold onto the pontoon while I paddled. We went up this narrow river that had cars parked all along the edge of it toward the house I thought the boat belonged to only to find that the house was completely landlocked.
Then there were those Mongolian horse people with super hairy horses whose manes went like 3/4 of the way down their bodies. One horse had it all braided in these awesome geometric patterns. I looked out the window to see one horse carrying another horse in a blanket on its back and a second horse draped over its neck. I pointed it out to everyone (because whoa) but no one else could see it.
Then I dreamed that my nephew Charlie was 2 months old again, but was saying the phrases he says now, most notably I recall him saying, "Be paaaaatient" and "fascinating." I said he must have been sent back in time into his younger body and everyone thought I was batty. No clue why...
May 1:
I dreamed that my old workplace's annual conference, KM Connect, was being held at my childhood church in Duluth. My old co-worker Stasha was set up in lobby on a computer, but then decided this was all just too much and curled up on the piano bench she was sitting on and took a nap. I couldn't figure out why I was there since I don't work for KM any more. Health Forum (one of my old client's) team arrived and my old manager Pat was showing them around. They wanted to meet me so I hid - because I don't work there any more, so it would confuse them to meet me. Then I secretly went away from the conference and left my time card running.
I dreamed a took a shower in a hotel room and I used my sister Tawnya's shampoo and Burt's Bees body wash. Afterwards, I went into town with Zack to buy more to replenish her supply. We ended up on a four-wheeling through a twisty forest trail and had to go real fast around the steep sloped corners to not fall. I don't recall ever getting to the store.
May 2:
I dreamed a took a shower in a hotel room and I used my sister Tawnya's shampoo and Burt's Bees body wash. Afterwards, I went into town with Zack to buy more to replenish her supply. We ended up on a four-wheeling through a twisty forest trail and had to go real fast around the steep sloped corners to not fall. I don't recall ever getting to the store.
May 2:
We were Jews trying to escape the Nazis. We were climbing down this tunnel on our hands and knees and as we turned the corner saw the door at the end slide shut, cutting off our only exit. I shouted out for them to wait and the door opened. We climbed out into this little bunker with Anne Frank and some others. Suddenly my brother-in-law Hunter turned from a Jew into a Nazi and we were all scared.
I was out kayaking and it got later than I realized. I had to hold up a flashlight to see which left me with only one hand to paddle. I went through this gravel pit with my kayak (somehow) and worried about rocks damaging the bottom of my boat.
This little girl with curly hair who my family had fostered when I was little found us (no, we did not foster children in real life). She was still same age even though I was older. I told her we thought of her often and that my mom still carried a photo of her in her purse.
May 3:
I was out kayaking and it got later than I realized. I had to hold up a flashlight to see which left me with only one hand to paddle. I went through this gravel pit with my kayak (somehow) and worried about rocks damaging the bottom of my boat.
This little girl with curly hair who my family had fostered when I was little found us (no, we did not foster children in real life). She was still same age even though I was older. I told her we thought of her often and that my mom still carried a photo of her in her purse.
May 3:
Nicole, Matt, Tyler and I were trying to work out being on vacation together and who was going to do dishes and make food. Nicole and Matt started sleeping on air mattress but it went flat so they moved to a bed. We visited giant mammoth type elephants, only much much taller and skinnier. Sort of like Salvador Dali mammoths.
May 4:
I was either Aragorn or Legolas (it altered between the two) on a ship with a bunch of orcs. I had this whole plan to trick them by getting them to bet with me then sneakily cheating to win. Just when I was about done practicing for the deception, the orcs got all out of sorts because the hobbits were coming. We ended up in combat instead and had to escape by jumping into the ice cold water. All the hobbits there except Sam who had been turned into a giant (like Grawp from Harry Potter). I got Sam/Grawp to pull the others from the water just before an angry orca (not orc. Orca.) would have attacked.
May 5:
I was in my 6th grade classroom sitting in a big blue recliner between old classmates Will and TJ. The teacher was giving us basic math problems on the board, and I was so confused/frustrated that we were doing such elementary stuff. Then this guy who looked like the super model version of an old co-worker Reid showed up asking to talk to me. Outside. He hinted something about me helping him with something and then him helping me sell houses. I reminded him that I don't work in real estate any more. We went out in the hall and then down to the spinning glass doors that led outside. We stood outside on the sidewalk in front of the building and Reid refused to say more to me. He just said we were waiting for someone. I was worried about the class I was missing inside.
Then Reid's dad showed up - Mr. Hot Shot man in a fancy car. He was super tall and very well dressed. He shook my hand just with a firm grip and no movement. I remember Zack saying the more you move a handshake the less professional it is. The dad then pitched this idea to me about a company "like Uber" but you give people a passcode and access to secret places to deliver or pick up goods as well as couriers to run passcode locked boxes for you. Reid got distracted playing in the door so I just talking to the dad at this point. I reminded him of the security nightmare that would cause along with legal issues because what if you end up delivering drugs and don't know?
One of the houses across street had paved their whole front yard and covered with a roof like they have at the gas station. Back inside, TJ, Will and I accidentally ripped the chair and the math teacher changed problems on board after we'd already calculated them so that we'd have the answers wrong.
May 6:
I was playing a card game that was like a cross between cribbage and Texas Hold 'Em with Zack, Hunter and Carter. I had a really good hand but then as I was picking up a new card Zack saw my hand. "I get to draw a card from your hand" he said. I got upset. Apparently this was a house rule I was unaware of.
I dreamed Jenna and I went to a concert that college-friend Rosalee was directing. She came up for intros to start the concert and leaned into the camera and made a weird face. Jenna couldn't stop laughing for the entire concert, even though Rosalee apologized for the face and got professional after that. She was clearly very nervous.
May 4:
I was either Aragorn or Legolas (it altered between the two) on a ship with a bunch of orcs. I had this whole plan to trick them by getting them to bet with me then sneakily cheating to win. Just when I was about done practicing for the deception, the orcs got all out of sorts because the hobbits were coming. We ended up in combat instead and had to escape by jumping into the ice cold water. All the hobbits there except Sam who had been turned into a giant (like Grawp from Harry Potter). I got Sam/Grawp to pull the others from the water just before an angry orca (not orc. Orca.) would have attacked.
May 5:
I was in my 6th grade classroom sitting in a big blue recliner between old classmates Will and TJ. The teacher was giving us basic math problems on the board, and I was so confused/frustrated that we were doing such elementary stuff. Then this guy who looked like the super model version of an old co-worker Reid showed up asking to talk to me. Outside. He hinted something about me helping him with something and then him helping me sell houses. I reminded him that I don't work in real estate any more. We went out in the hall and then down to the spinning glass doors that led outside. We stood outside on the sidewalk in front of the building and Reid refused to say more to me. He just said we were waiting for someone. I was worried about the class I was missing inside.
Then Reid's dad showed up - Mr. Hot Shot man in a fancy car. He was super tall and very well dressed. He shook my hand just with a firm grip and no movement. I remember Zack saying the more you move a handshake the less professional it is. The dad then pitched this idea to me about a company "like Uber" but you give people a passcode and access to secret places to deliver or pick up goods as well as couriers to run passcode locked boxes for you. Reid got distracted playing in the door so I just talking to the dad at this point. I reminded him of the security nightmare that would cause along with legal issues because what if you end up delivering drugs and don't know?
One of the houses across street had paved their whole front yard and covered with a roof like they have at the gas station. Back inside, TJ, Will and I accidentally ripped the chair and the math teacher changed problems on board after we'd already calculated them so that we'd have the answers wrong.
May 6:
I was playing a card game that was like a cross between cribbage and Texas Hold 'Em with Zack, Hunter and Carter. I had a really good hand but then as I was picking up a new card Zack saw my hand. "I get to draw a card from your hand" he said. I got upset. Apparently this was a house rule I was unaware of.
I dreamed Jenna and I went to a concert that college-friend Rosalee was directing. She came up for intros to start the concert and leaned into the camera and made a weird face. Jenna couldn't stop laughing for the entire concert, even though Rosalee apologized for the face and got professional after that. She was clearly very nervous.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Dream Update: Week 15
April 23:
I dreamed that Zack, Adam, Matt, Paul and I were all playing Dungeons and Dragons together. We had our characters take a short rest, and Matt said that his character hummed a song during the rest and we all said we hummed along. Adam looked at us and said, "Alright. Group hum check. On the count of three everyone hum."
We sounded terrible.
Then I had to sneak Zack into this building. For some reason, he couldn't go back outside, so I had to keep him hidden in this interior apartment away from the world.
Then Zack and I decided to pretend we were going into surgery together (like one was giving the other an organ type of thing). We got onto the same gurney and sat with heads on opposite sides. We were somehow going down this country road on the gurney going toward the hospital.
When we arrived, we stood near the entrance lobby pretending to look for our doctor's name on the wall. Then Zack turned into my old co-worker Stasha. She and I pilfered some hospital gowns, bow ties (not sure why they were there), head coverings etc and changed so that we looked all hospital-y. After spending some more time in the lobby, we ran into the nurse stocking the shelves we'd taken al the stuff from. She was talking about how much the sick need this stuff. She had an armful of toothbrushes. We had guilt and sneaked away.
April 24:
I was making sausage patties and cinnamon French toast, but I forgot about the sausage and burned it. Robert (my brother-in-law) said it smelled like bad tuna, and I was sad. The breakfast was supposed to be for my dad.
We were at a hockey game and Zack, Tyler, Hunter, Carter, Tucker and I got roped into the little half-time game thing. They set up rugs in the ice in a circle an we had to sit on then, then scoot around the track. I was winning until Zack and Tyler started cheating by not scooting and instead sort of half-walking. I ended up getting third place.
There was a little girl at a day care who was staring at me so I said hi, but she didn't respond. She just kept staring. She wore a flower dress.
April 25:
I was playing Dungeons and Dragons at Chuck's with two brand new players. One of them was this girl who played an Orc named Antania. The other was a cleric and the player was one of the sister's former classmates, Jason. No one was listening to me as I tried to run the game. Then out of nowhere, there were kids everywhere, just running around the house screaming. The group of my usual players all got annoyed and left. Then all my old friends from high school arrived - "We're here to celebrate with you!" they said.
Then I realized I was late for work and I was desperately trying to get ready. Alyssa offered to make me breakfast. Zack came back then along with the group of my standard players. I yelled at him for abandoning me like that and cried in front of everyone. I convinced him to take me to car but along the way we were yelled at by one of the neighbor guys. I asked Zack not to get into the fight the neighbor was trying to start. He begrudgingly continued along to the car and opened my door for me. I got in and he said to stay put. Then he ran back to the neighbor. The guy hit him and walked away. I run out of the car and found sharpest piece of metal I could and went after the guy. I was so mad at Zack.
I was at party with Rachel and Darrin (friends of mine who are both pregnant), Mary king and my mom as well as a few others. I mentioned that my period was two days late, and Rachel said, "Congrats!" Then told my mom I was pregnant. So my mom came out with cake for everyone announced it. Everyone was congratulating me, and I was so hurt because I knew I likely wasn't pregnant and would have to go back to all these people to say as much.
I was a dancer with very strict teacher (think phantom of the opera-esque). She was holding me prisoner at my high school, but I escaped and ran outside to get away. I hid in some bushes but the girl she sent after me found me. I managed to talk her into not taking me back. I went to the ocean and danced in the waves and water and sand. This guy was there who was impressed by my dancing. He invited me to stay in the motel (I got my own room) where his dance crew stayed.
Ominously, across the pond at the back of the motel was the teacher's training area. In the darkness of that first night, I saw a small light - a powerful will-o-wisp that my old instructor controlled and that I knew was going to be coming for me.
April 26:
I dreamed my teeth started falling out while I was in a play at my old church. My nephew Marek was with me, and he had to go to the bathroom but I didn't want to change his diaper. I tried to go offstage but I opened the side door to see that the church was ruined in the back, crumbled, burned and open to the stormy rainy sky.
April 27:
It was my first day at my new job at Northwestern. When I arrived, it wasn't Northwestern but Cirrus' buildings. I was on time but then saw Kay, an old co-worker. I went over and said hi and we chatted a bit. She asked why it was that I hung out with her if I was a Christian. I said I prefer to listen first and explained that we all sin.
By this time, it was getting late and I ended up a few minutes late to work. Pearl (my manager) chastised me and then gave me a big rolled up paper to hang behind my little desk. It had my photo and name and some other photos on it. One of them was of Katie from Jenna's wedding. They said how much they loved her and asked if I knew her.
I dreamed that the President was this enormously fat guy. My team of criminals and I had managed to get an audience with him, but needed to get him alone too assassinate him. I pretended to be a stripper and got him alone and strangled him.
I dreamed something about being in Harry Potter and having an inkling that Snape was maybe not evil after all! We were all trying to discover this.
Lastly, I dreamed that some bad guys were after Zack and I. We had to escape but couldn't take our cars or spend money because they'd track us. We ended up hitching a ride with Mr. Mesedahl and going to stay with his relatives in Chanhassen.
April 28:
I don't really remember this one clearly...Something about driving in Duluth over a bunch of little hills and about a competition with a rich, Elle-from-legally-blonde-in-the-beginning type girl. Also I told my dad that I wanted to shoot a gun because I never had before. Then I developed a video game with a Santa who had three flowers on his coat that you had to shoot off. I remember I had to set up the logic for what clicks in certain places would do and how Santa would move across the screen.
April 29:
Paul, Matt, Zack, and I were in my old living room (in the house I grew up in) and sorting through tons of old jewelry boxes. It was mostly necklaces, but one had all these temporary tattoos and one was filled with gold coins. I spent a long time picking out a tattoo and finally decided on one (idr what). I put it on my wrist but somehow it got moved to my palm where it didn't stick well at all and basically the whole thing peeled off.
I was then in my old bedroom trying to figure out what to wear for my last day of work. Found all these old shirts I'd gotten from Nicole, and my old Coke shirt...only it was a diet Coke shirt in the dream and I didn't feel I could wear it because I hate diet soda.
I dreamed that Zack, Adam, Matt, Paul and I were all playing Dungeons and Dragons together. We had our characters take a short rest, and Matt said that his character hummed a song during the rest and we all said we hummed along. Adam looked at us and said, "Alright. Group hum check. On the count of three everyone hum."
We sounded terrible.
Then I had to sneak Zack into this building. For some reason, he couldn't go back outside, so I had to keep him hidden in this interior apartment away from the world.
Then Zack and I decided to pretend we were going into surgery together (like one was giving the other an organ type of thing). We got onto the same gurney and sat with heads on opposite sides. We were somehow going down this country road on the gurney going toward the hospital.
When we arrived, we stood near the entrance lobby pretending to look for our doctor's name on the wall. Then Zack turned into my old co-worker Stasha. She and I pilfered some hospital gowns, bow ties (not sure why they were there), head coverings etc and changed so that we looked all hospital-y. After spending some more time in the lobby, we ran into the nurse stocking the shelves we'd taken al the stuff from. She was talking about how much the sick need this stuff. She had an armful of toothbrushes. We had guilt and sneaked away.
April 24:
I was making sausage patties and cinnamon French toast, but I forgot about the sausage and burned it. Robert (my brother-in-law) said it smelled like bad tuna, and I was sad. The breakfast was supposed to be for my dad.
We were at a hockey game and Zack, Tyler, Hunter, Carter, Tucker and I got roped into the little half-time game thing. They set up rugs in the ice in a circle an we had to sit on then, then scoot around the track. I was winning until Zack and Tyler started cheating by not scooting and instead sort of half-walking. I ended up getting third place.
There was a little girl at a day care who was staring at me so I said hi, but she didn't respond. She just kept staring. She wore a flower dress.
April 25:
I was playing Dungeons and Dragons at Chuck's with two brand new players. One of them was this girl who played an Orc named Antania. The other was a cleric and the player was one of the sister's former classmates, Jason. No one was listening to me as I tried to run the game. Then out of nowhere, there were kids everywhere, just running around the house screaming. The group of my usual players all got annoyed and left. Then all my old friends from high school arrived - "We're here to celebrate with you!" they said.
Then I realized I was late for work and I was desperately trying to get ready. Alyssa offered to make me breakfast. Zack came back then along with the group of my standard players. I yelled at him for abandoning me like that and cried in front of everyone. I convinced him to take me to car but along the way we were yelled at by one of the neighbor guys. I asked Zack not to get into the fight the neighbor was trying to start. He begrudgingly continued along to the car and opened my door for me. I got in and he said to stay put. Then he ran back to the neighbor. The guy hit him and walked away. I run out of the car and found sharpest piece of metal I could and went after the guy. I was so mad at Zack.
I was at party with Rachel and Darrin (friends of mine who are both pregnant), Mary king and my mom as well as a few others. I mentioned that my period was two days late, and Rachel said, "Congrats!" Then told my mom I was pregnant. So my mom came out with cake for everyone announced it. Everyone was congratulating me, and I was so hurt because I knew I likely wasn't pregnant and would have to go back to all these people to say as much.
I was a dancer with very strict teacher (think phantom of the opera-esque). She was holding me prisoner at my high school, but I escaped and ran outside to get away. I hid in some bushes but the girl she sent after me found me. I managed to talk her into not taking me back. I went to the ocean and danced in the waves and water and sand. This guy was there who was impressed by my dancing. He invited me to stay in the motel (I got my own room) where his dance crew stayed.
Ominously, across the pond at the back of the motel was the teacher's training area. In the darkness of that first night, I saw a small light - a powerful will-o-wisp that my old instructor controlled and that I knew was going to be coming for me.
April 26:
I dreamed my teeth started falling out while I was in a play at my old church. My nephew Marek was with me, and he had to go to the bathroom but I didn't want to change his diaper. I tried to go offstage but I opened the side door to see that the church was ruined in the back, crumbled, burned and open to the stormy rainy sky.
April 27:
It was my first day at my new job at Northwestern. When I arrived, it wasn't Northwestern but Cirrus' buildings. I was on time but then saw Kay, an old co-worker. I went over and said hi and we chatted a bit. She asked why it was that I hung out with her if I was a Christian. I said I prefer to listen first and explained that we all sin.
By this time, it was getting late and I ended up a few minutes late to work. Pearl (my manager) chastised me and then gave me a big rolled up paper to hang behind my little desk. It had my photo and name and some other photos on it. One of them was of Katie from Jenna's wedding. They said how much they loved her and asked if I knew her.
I dreamed that the President was this enormously fat guy. My team of criminals and I had managed to get an audience with him, but needed to get him alone too assassinate him. I pretended to be a stripper and got him alone and strangled him.
I dreamed something about being in Harry Potter and having an inkling that Snape was maybe not evil after all! We were all trying to discover this.
Lastly, I dreamed that some bad guys were after Zack and I. We had to escape but couldn't take our cars or spend money because they'd track us. We ended up hitching a ride with Mr. Mesedahl and going to stay with his relatives in Chanhassen.
April 28:
I don't really remember this one clearly...Something about driving in Duluth over a bunch of little hills and about a competition with a rich, Elle-from-legally-blonde-in-the-beginning type girl. Also I told my dad that I wanted to shoot a gun because I never had before. Then I developed a video game with a Santa who had three flowers on his coat that you had to shoot off. I remember I had to set up the logic for what clicks in certain places would do and how Santa would move across the screen.
April 29:
Paul, Matt, Zack, and I were in my old living room (in the house I grew up in) and sorting through tons of old jewelry boxes. It was mostly necklaces, but one had all these temporary tattoos and one was filled with gold coins. I spent a long time picking out a tattoo and finally decided on one (idr what). I put it on my wrist but somehow it got moved to my palm where it didn't stick well at all and basically the whole thing peeled off.
I was then in my old bedroom trying to figure out what to wear for my last day of work. Found all these old shirts I'd gotten from Nicole, and my old Coke shirt...only it was a diet Coke shirt in the dream and I didn't feel I could wear it because I hate diet soda.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Dream Update: Week 14
April 16:
I was hanging out with Peter Pan and the lost boys. We set a bull loose to go chase the bad guys and I hid in the bull's stall so he couldn't get me.
Then I was either a the mom or a sibling in this family with five kids. We were talking about having another. Each kid had a small wooden chest which contained their dinner plate and utensils. We had a bunch of dogs as well. There were two bigger ones (a great Dane and a Polish sheep dog) who both wore costumes. The sheep dog was Cookie Monster and the Great Dane was a super hero. Then it was late at night and Zack shot off spinning bottle rockets to mark a path of some kind (apparently).
I then infiltrated a cult by dressing up in their robes. I used the reflections in building's windows to see around corners and sneak around without getting caught. There was a battle, and I found out that an old friend of mine was in the cult. Lots of people were injured. I ended up in jail but I had a bowl of soup and befriended people by sharing it with them.
Then I went to a school spelling bee in a large auditorium. They checked all bags at door for guns and weapons.
April 17:
I built a D&D character who could use a bonus action to temporarily become another class, including wizard (this was especially significant in the dream for some reason).
A septic sucker guy came to our apartment and cleared septic system.
My high school's basketball team won some awards. I remember there being a newspaper reporter and my Spanish teacher Mrs. Werner.
April 18:
Zack and I found our "perfect house" - a blue house in Mound. The master bedroom was upstairs where the roof became slanted. Zack expressed concern about showering in the master bathroom with the slanty roof, but I pointed out that the shower head was on the higher side of the slant. There was a random pink toilet right by the bed.
The house had two kitchens - one upstairs with three separate ovens and stove tops, and one downstairs, which was the larger one and also had three ovens. The yard was a little small because two next door neighbors back yards connected behind ours, cutting off the back of our yard.
Then I was talking to this boy who said, "I don't think no means no. I think it means yes." So I got mad at him, lectured him, and pinned him to the ground where I snapped his arm out of joint before turning him over to the queen for sentencing.
Then I was watching ice skating on TV with my mom. She surprised me with a box full of different Neutrogena facial soaps, all in different shades of tan.
There was this boy who asked this girl to take his photo. He handed her a fake phone and while she was distracted, he grabbed her puppy's leash out of her hands and ran away with the dog. I chased him down and eventually caught him. He claimed it was a social experiment and asked if I would've chased him if her were black. I told him stealing a puppy is an unforgivable crime no matter what color you are. Then I said if he was some huge guy, I might not have chased him, for my own safety.
April 19:
I sneaked into NBC's TV studio and got into their guest hosting area. I hung out there eating their food and acting like I belonged for the longest time. There was a blind girl who danced on one of their TV shows. She didn't like most strangers, but she liked me. Then they had another guest (some Latina rocker chick and her band) arrive. The rocker chick was rude and demanded I moved my stuff for her band. I refused. An NBC guy tried to smooth the situation over, but I told him no and that if she asked nicely I'd gladly move my things for her band. We had a bit of a stand off, but eventually she relented. Then I became friends with her and her band.
Matt D and I walked together and talked about how he had a crush on Ronne still but she was mad at him (not sure what about). Some guys walked on cliffs high above our path and knocked sand and rocks down toward us. Eventually what was a small annoyance started a sand avalanche. The blind girl from the TV studio ran to me when the avalanche started.
I told PJ (high school teacher) that I thought Bible classes should be Pass/Fail rather than grades. I expected him to argue but he agreed.
April 20:
Adam was showing me around Northwestern on my first day at my new job. He brought me outside where there was this huge field of sunflowers and dried up cornstalks. He said they were looking for someone to tend the field and it was a 6-figure salary. We got Jenna and had her cover her eyes and surprised her with the field.
I got confused about where I needed to be because my trainer's face and clothing kept changing. So confusing.
There was a large, smelly dead animal.
April 21: I was walking through Walmart with a family from the hills of Tennessee. There was a dad with cowboy hat and all his kids – there were like a million of them and they were all very out of touch with social norms. As we walked through the store, they got bored and started a family sing along of some hymns. I was picking up pennies off the floor, some were real and some were fake. With my pennies I bought a bunch of trinkets – gum and cheap makeup mostly. Then I let the siblings choose something from the stash. They were hesitant at first (the girls wore no make up) but eventually picked things. One sister chose mascara and I had to help her put it on. It was so cheap it was all cakey and crusty and bad.
Then later the family gathered around a fire (in a hotel room, I guess...odd) and told stories. I was encouraged to join them but declined. They had a Native American guy who'd been with us who spoke very little English. He tried to tell a story but it was hard to understand. I caught enough to understand that he was trying to propose to me but no one else got it so I didn't say anything.
I was at Jenna's wedding and her mom told me she'd brought a jacket with three layers that could unzip layers based on the weather. In the dream, she wore just the lime green windbreaker vest part. Pre-wedding we all ate pumpkin pie. I was given a little puppy (black and white) to carry down the aisle with me. Emilee attended the wedding and wore a gold dress with white overlay. Dave got a gray shawl with poof balls on it for her to try. We told him shawls were "out", but he asked her to try anyway. Once she had it on, he agreed with us.
April 22:
Dreamed I was at my Uncle Todd's house. He had a cow chained in a pen with a bull. I accidentally let the cow go and couldn't figure out how to get her chained back up.
Then I dreamed I was fighting a bunch of creatures in a house (wraiths, alligators, Minotaur skeletons and others). I was outnumbered and couldn't win so had to run.
I dreamed the song "If You See Kay" (and woke up with it in my head).
I dreamed that Joel and Zack got all excited about liking the same show growing up (that old 90s show "Dinosaurs"). I said I liked it too and Joel started grilling me about why. I answered, but he kept prying. He kept notes in red crayon. He added some of his own to the list about why HE liked the show, like he was trying to prove to me that this show was clearly awesome.
I was hanging out with Peter Pan and the lost boys. We set a bull loose to go chase the bad guys and I hid in the bull's stall so he couldn't get me.
Then I was either a the mom or a sibling in this family with five kids. We were talking about having another. Each kid had a small wooden chest which contained their dinner plate and utensils. We had a bunch of dogs as well. There were two bigger ones (a great Dane and a Polish sheep dog) who both wore costumes. The sheep dog was Cookie Monster and the Great Dane was a super hero. Then it was late at night and Zack shot off spinning bottle rockets to mark a path of some kind (apparently).
I then infiltrated a cult by dressing up in their robes. I used the reflections in building's windows to see around corners and sneak around without getting caught. There was a battle, and I found out that an old friend of mine was in the cult. Lots of people were injured. I ended up in jail but I had a bowl of soup and befriended people by sharing it with them.
Then I went to a school spelling bee in a large auditorium. They checked all bags at door for guns and weapons.
April 17:
I built a D&D character who could use a bonus action to temporarily become another class, including wizard (this was especially significant in the dream for some reason).
A septic sucker guy came to our apartment and cleared septic system.
My high school's basketball team won some awards. I remember there being a newspaper reporter and my Spanish teacher Mrs. Werner.
April 18:
Zack and I found our "perfect house" - a blue house in Mound. The master bedroom was upstairs where the roof became slanted. Zack expressed concern about showering in the master bathroom with the slanty roof, but I pointed out that the shower head was on the higher side of the slant. There was a random pink toilet right by the bed.
The house had two kitchens - one upstairs with three separate ovens and stove tops, and one downstairs, which was the larger one and also had three ovens. The yard was a little small because two next door neighbors back yards connected behind ours, cutting off the back of our yard.
Then I was talking to this boy who said, "I don't think no means no. I think it means yes." So I got mad at him, lectured him, and pinned him to the ground where I snapped his arm out of joint before turning him over to the queen for sentencing.
Then I was watching ice skating on TV with my mom. She surprised me with a box full of different Neutrogena facial soaps, all in different shades of tan.
There was this boy who asked this girl to take his photo. He handed her a fake phone and while she was distracted, he grabbed her puppy's leash out of her hands and ran away with the dog. I chased him down and eventually caught him. He claimed it was a social experiment and asked if I would've chased him if her were black. I told him stealing a puppy is an unforgivable crime no matter what color you are. Then I said if he was some huge guy, I might not have chased him, for my own safety.
April 19:
I sneaked into NBC's TV studio and got into their guest hosting area. I hung out there eating their food and acting like I belonged for the longest time. There was a blind girl who danced on one of their TV shows. She didn't like most strangers, but she liked me. Then they had another guest (some Latina rocker chick and her band) arrive. The rocker chick was rude and demanded I moved my stuff for her band. I refused. An NBC guy tried to smooth the situation over, but I told him no and that if she asked nicely I'd gladly move my things for her band. We had a bit of a stand off, but eventually she relented. Then I became friends with her and her band.
Matt D and I walked together and talked about how he had a crush on Ronne still but she was mad at him (not sure what about). Some guys walked on cliffs high above our path and knocked sand and rocks down toward us. Eventually what was a small annoyance started a sand avalanche. The blind girl from the TV studio ran to me when the avalanche started.
I told PJ (high school teacher) that I thought Bible classes should be Pass/Fail rather than grades. I expected him to argue but he agreed.
April 20:
Adam was showing me around Northwestern on my first day at my new job. He brought me outside where there was this huge field of sunflowers and dried up cornstalks. He said they were looking for someone to tend the field and it was a 6-figure salary. We got Jenna and had her cover her eyes and surprised her with the field.
I got confused about where I needed to be because my trainer's face and clothing kept changing. So confusing.
There was a large, smelly dead animal.
April 21: I was walking through Walmart with a family from the hills of Tennessee. There was a dad with cowboy hat and all his kids – there were like a million of them and they were all very out of touch with social norms. As we walked through the store, they got bored and started a family sing along of some hymns. I was picking up pennies off the floor, some were real and some were fake. With my pennies I bought a bunch of trinkets – gum and cheap makeup mostly. Then I let the siblings choose something from the stash. They were hesitant at first (the girls wore no make up) but eventually picked things. One sister chose mascara and I had to help her put it on. It was so cheap it was all cakey and crusty and bad.
Then later the family gathered around a fire (in a hotel room, I guess...odd) and told stories. I was encouraged to join them but declined. They had a Native American guy who'd been with us who spoke very little English. He tried to tell a story but it was hard to understand. I caught enough to understand that he was trying to propose to me but no one else got it so I didn't say anything.
I was at Jenna's wedding and her mom told me she'd brought a jacket with three layers that could unzip layers based on the weather. In the dream, she wore just the lime green windbreaker vest part. Pre-wedding we all ate pumpkin pie. I was given a little puppy (black and white) to carry down the aisle with me. Emilee attended the wedding and wore a gold dress with white overlay. Dave got a gray shawl with poof balls on it for her to try. We told him shawls were "out", but he asked her to try anyway. Once she had it on, he agreed with us.
April 22:
Dreamed I was at my Uncle Todd's house. He had a cow chained in a pen with a bull. I accidentally let the cow go and couldn't figure out how to get her chained back up.
Then I dreamed I was fighting a bunch of creatures in a house (wraiths, alligators, Minotaur skeletons and others). I was outnumbered and couldn't win so had to run.
I dreamed the song "If You See Kay" (and woke up with it in my head).
I dreamed that Joel and Zack got all excited about liking the same show growing up (that old 90s show "Dinosaurs"). I said I liked it too and Joel started grilling me about why. I answered, but he kept prying. He kept notes in red crayon. He added some of his own to the list about why HE liked the show, like he was trying to prove to me that this show was clearly awesome.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Dream Update: Week 13
April 9:
Tyler was at our old house driving across the road and he inadvertently caused a car accident. The guy got out of his car and was super pissed. The other guy involved in the accident had a "not nonfatal" injury, though I couldn't see any injury. I hugged Tyler and was glad he was okay at least.
Then my nephew Charlie (2 and a half) and I were saying goodbye to each other after Easter dinner. He sang-songed "Byyyeee Heidi!" and I sang back, "Byyyeee Charlieee!" He replied again with, "Byeee Heidi!" and once more I returned "Byyeee Charlie!" Then he became all indignant because, "You already said goodbye!"
I spent a lot of time after that in a Manor where someone was captured (me? But I was in both places soo...) . Time was running out to save prisoner-me. The group I was with couldn't figure out how to get to prisoner-me but rushed around anyway. We ended up in this Korean woman's apartment and she got all upset at us.
We ran out to Zack's car in the parking lot, but he insisted that this random red car was his, rather than his green one that I was running toward. I debated with him for a minute, but eventually gave in and went to climb in the red car. I pulled the handle and it broke off so that the door wouldn't latch closed again. After some finagling, I got the door to close and we took off (still trying to save prisoner-me, I guess). But then on the way, Zack said he had to stop for an audition and asked me to really fix the door while he was in there. We parked by this small building and he ran inside.
In the parking lot, I met up with my cousin Jamie and her kids. One of them was very small--as in, like four inches tall--and on a leash. Jamie gave me the leash to hold onto for a minute and the child ran toward a puddle. I knew she could drown even in a small puddle, so I tightened the leash to keep her back. She fell and was all muddy, but otherwise unharmed. Then I talked with Mercedez (my other cousin's daughter) who was skipping the 7th grade and going right into 8th. She told me that Jamie had told her about cutting and not to do it, and I agreed. I gave a heartfelt speech about how she is loved and can always go to those who love her.
Then I was hanging out with Charissa R and we started trying on clothes together from the racks and racks of clothes she had at her house. As I looked through them, I found this very TALL medieval dress. Aaron S walked in and made fun of the dress, and I challenged back, "Haven't you ever heard of RenFest?" (Because bringing up the Renaissance Festival is a great way to get people to stop teasing you...) In this case, though, it worked, because he just said, "Yes." and walked away.
I found a box of old Valentine's cards and picked the little sticker sheets out of them to send to Natalie and Mason. There were Star Wars stickers and heart stickers.
April 10:
I was kidnapped along with some other women and held captive. One of the capture women was pregnant and I helped the doula (who also happened to be in the group) deliver the baby. We were beaten regularly in order to "teach us certain lessons"--they had "lessons" bottled and would dump bottle over us before the beatings. I tried to escape once but was caught. The guard who caught me brought me to the beater who was in the basement of this old house that they'd taken over as their headquarters. He was sitting at this giant dining room table eating a fine meal and drinking a glass of wine. He wiped his mouth with a cloth napkin before looking at me tiredly. "You're really going to make me do this now?" he asked me. I don't remember anything after that.
Then I was trying to get my license renewed and went to this tiny DMV where I thought I could avoid long lines, but I didn't have the right paperwork. People from work (Joe B from old work and Jim J from new work) were there. The DMV offered me a bunch of food (hamburger meat and milk in small juice box like containers.). I loaded up a few garbage bags full of it, and Zack and I carried the bags out to car. Zack's bag broke in the parking lot and hamburger meat exploded everywhere.
I ran two marathons, but in one I got lost and ended up at the finish too early so I had to run back to try to find where I turned wrong. The whole marathon was in this large, maze-like building and people from DGT were there.
Afterwards, I was biking home to Duluth from the races and was exhausted. I had a messenger bag carrying letters from a Filipino girl to Nicole about how proud she was of her for having babies. It was really important that I deliver the letters.
I couldn't get up the hill by 21st Ave East in Duluth because I was too tired, so I went west and planned to go up by Piedmont. As I was waiting to cross the street on my way up, all these black people with signs started gathering and protesting. One had a sign that said "f*** whites" (sorry, that's what it said!) and the atmosphere was becoming out of control very quickly. When light changed I crossed street to see one guy beating another with a crowbar so intensely that bits of the guys skull and brain went flying everywhere. I tried to bike away, but was cornered by a few younger boys (two white, one black) who dumped Mountain Dew on me but otherwise left me unharmed. As they walked away laughing, I caught up to them and gave an impassioned speech (I cried) about how, yes, there is injustice in the world, but combating it in a negative way only breeds continued hatred and prejudice.
April 11:
I was in Mrs. Jara's first grade classroom, but I was in a higher grade. The teacher asked who would play "get on the wagon" and everyone except me raised hands. I said if everyone else wanted to then I would too. I have no idea what the game was, except for the fact that I "got on the wagon" and played the game just because everyone else wanted to.
Later, I dreamed that two people got turned into grinch-like trolls with green bodies and yellow eyes. One sought my help in not getting caught in her new troll-like state. She asked if it was a good idea to clone her nanny, so one could know she was a troll and one wouldn't. I said no because it would be too confusing and shed likely slip up at some point.
April 12:
My mom and I were going through attic things behind the garage at Papa Tony's old house. I found a porcelain box with lid that was stamped as being made in "pre-Japan." Then I went hiking with my great aunt and uncle Lois and Wes and their short-tailed hunting dogs. It was raining.
April 13:
Zack was driving 45 in a 30 and got a speeding ticket. As we pulled away he started going even faster to "make up for lost time."
I was sitting in my dad's (parked) truck, and this woman and her two kids drove up between me and this shed. She had a horse trailer and was a total pro at backing it up into the spot. She unhitched, did some stuff, then rehitched. But when she went to pull away, her horse trailer got caught on edge of shed. To help, I got out of truck and put weight on opposite side of trailer to tip it away from shed and give it the clearance it needed to get out. When it came free, she was able to pull away but it crashed into side of dad's truck and left a huge dent and scratch. The woman blamed me for the whole thing.
I was at my high school's camp at this horse ranch place. There were carnival rides of this giant Indian girl and giant horse that you could ride at the camp. I went off to explore on my own because there were too many people, and I got left out of ice cream. I found a path that went up this big hill and headed toward it. Lauren told me were not supposed to wander, but Alyssa came up and said, "She can't help it. It's her nature." So I went up the path, but then it went right by this cabin and there was a scary wolf-dog there who growled and snarled at me. Alyssa was with me suddenly and I was like, "Hey, you work with wild dogs. You got this." So I crept back down the hill. The dog followed her down though and found me and was growling at me. I asked Alyssa what I should do, but she didn't know. Then the dog became friendly and let me pet him.
Then I dreamed that I was an ambassador from the Land of Warmth trying to make peace with the Land of Cold. I swam in their ice water lakes with them and all the while dreamed of tropical waters of home.
I dreamed I was exploring the Schlottman's house and old bedrooms of the kids. I went to Ben's childhood room (which was in the basement of this house). Apparently, he had died as a child in a car accident and his bedroom had been left completely alone since then. It was decorated with guitars filled with guns and framed Bible verses.
April 14:
I dreamed that I friended Matt Mercer and Felicia Day on Facebook. A short while later, I got a message from Matt asking why I'd friend both of them a day after they made their accounts.
I was trying to leave my apartment to get to work and as I was driving away, I realized I wasn't wearing pants. I went back only to realize that I was, in fact, wearing pants. Tyler decided to come into work with me then, so I was waiting for him. It was 9:06 when we left and I was supposed to be at work at 9 and had a meeting at 9:30 (and I did, in fact, have a real meeting at 9:30 on this morning!). Staying in a nearby room were my parents and also a vacant room we were fixing up. We had left a bunch of my dad's tools there. I told Tyler we'd just have to let dad know to get them later because I was late. Then I couldn't find the car. Then I couldn't figure out how to get to work.
Then I dreamed something about Giants. Because why not?
April 15:
I was describing to someone how we would recognize who we were looking for. I said they'd be "ancient-looking fight snails of justice."
I was in this crawl space in the attic (a place I've been in dreams before) to sneak around this evil lady. But crawl space is always claustrophobic and terrifying so it wasn't a great alternative to the evil lady.
Then I was going through a food line getting breakfast at home for "disturbed children." I grabbed plate only to realize I didn't have a tray, so grabbed one and a boy in line told me I'd grabbed a "boy tray." They all looked the same to me though. I accidentally missed half the food by by-passing one of the sections, but I couldn't go back so just had some bananas and other fruit in a cup.
Then I was riding in very old pick up with my uncle Todd. We drove to this weigh-station-esque place with a machine that lifts your car up by the middle and tells you how much oil you have left. All the warning lights in the dash were on.
Tyler was at our old house driving across the road and he inadvertently caused a car accident. The guy got out of his car and was super pissed. The other guy involved in the accident had a "not nonfatal" injury, though I couldn't see any injury. I hugged Tyler and was glad he was okay at least.
Then my nephew Charlie (2 and a half) and I were saying goodbye to each other after Easter dinner. He sang-songed "Byyyeee Heidi!" and I sang back, "Byyyeee Charlieee!" He replied again with, "Byeee Heidi!" and once more I returned "Byyeee Charlie!" Then he became all indignant because, "You already said goodbye!"
I spent a lot of time after that in a Manor where someone was captured (me? But I was in both places soo...) . Time was running out to save prisoner-me. The group I was with couldn't figure out how to get to prisoner-me but rushed around anyway. We ended up in this Korean woman's apartment and she got all upset at us.
We ran out to Zack's car in the parking lot, but he insisted that this random red car was his, rather than his green one that I was running toward. I debated with him for a minute, but eventually gave in and went to climb in the red car. I pulled the handle and it broke off so that the door wouldn't latch closed again. After some finagling, I got the door to close and we took off (still trying to save prisoner-me, I guess). But then on the way, Zack said he had to stop for an audition and asked me to really fix the door while he was in there. We parked by this small building and he ran inside.
In the parking lot, I met up with my cousin Jamie and her kids. One of them was very small--as in, like four inches tall--and on a leash. Jamie gave me the leash to hold onto for a minute and the child ran toward a puddle. I knew she could drown even in a small puddle, so I tightened the leash to keep her back. She fell and was all muddy, but otherwise unharmed. Then I talked with Mercedez (my other cousin's daughter) who was skipping the 7th grade and going right into 8th. She told me that Jamie had told her about cutting and not to do it, and I agreed. I gave a heartfelt speech about how she is loved and can always go to those who love her.
Then I was hanging out with Charissa R and we started trying on clothes together from the racks and racks of clothes she had at her house. As I looked through them, I found this very TALL medieval dress. Aaron S walked in and made fun of the dress, and I challenged back, "Haven't you ever heard of RenFest?" (Because bringing up the Renaissance Festival is a great way to get people to stop teasing you...) In this case, though, it worked, because he just said, "Yes." and walked away.
I found a box of old Valentine's cards and picked the little sticker sheets out of them to send to Natalie and Mason. There were Star Wars stickers and heart stickers.
April 10:
I was kidnapped along with some other women and held captive. One of the capture women was pregnant and I helped the doula (who also happened to be in the group) deliver the baby. We were beaten regularly in order to "teach us certain lessons"--they had "lessons" bottled and would dump bottle over us before the beatings. I tried to escape once but was caught. The guard who caught me brought me to the beater who was in the basement of this old house that they'd taken over as their headquarters. He was sitting at this giant dining room table eating a fine meal and drinking a glass of wine. He wiped his mouth with a cloth napkin before looking at me tiredly. "You're really going to make me do this now?" he asked me. I don't remember anything after that.
Then I was trying to get my license renewed and went to this tiny DMV where I thought I could avoid long lines, but I didn't have the right paperwork. People from work (Joe B from old work and Jim J from new work) were there. The DMV offered me a bunch of food (hamburger meat and milk in small juice box like containers.). I loaded up a few garbage bags full of it, and Zack and I carried the bags out to car. Zack's bag broke in the parking lot and hamburger meat exploded everywhere.
I ran two marathons, but in one I got lost and ended up at the finish too early so I had to run back to try to find where I turned wrong. The whole marathon was in this large, maze-like building and people from DGT were there.
Afterwards, I was biking home to Duluth from the races and was exhausted. I had a messenger bag carrying letters from a Filipino girl to Nicole about how proud she was of her for having babies. It was really important that I deliver the letters.
I couldn't get up the hill by 21st Ave East in Duluth because I was too tired, so I went west and planned to go up by Piedmont. As I was waiting to cross the street on my way up, all these black people with signs started gathering and protesting. One had a sign that said "f*** whites" (sorry, that's what it said!) and the atmosphere was becoming out of control very quickly. When light changed I crossed street to see one guy beating another with a crowbar so intensely that bits of the guys skull and brain went flying everywhere. I tried to bike away, but was cornered by a few younger boys (two white, one black) who dumped Mountain Dew on me but otherwise left me unharmed. As they walked away laughing, I caught up to them and gave an impassioned speech (I cried) about how, yes, there is injustice in the world, but combating it in a negative way only breeds continued hatred and prejudice.
April 11:
I was in Mrs. Jara's first grade classroom, but I was in a higher grade. The teacher asked who would play "get on the wagon" and everyone except me raised hands. I said if everyone else wanted to then I would too. I have no idea what the game was, except for the fact that I "got on the wagon" and played the game just because everyone else wanted to.
Later, I dreamed that two people got turned into grinch-like trolls with green bodies and yellow eyes. One sought my help in not getting caught in her new troll-like state. She asked if it was a good idea to clone her nanny, so one could know she was a troll and one wouldn't. I said no because it would be too confusing and shed likely slip up at some point.
April 12:
My mom and I were going through attic things behind the garage at Papa Tony's old house. I found a porcelain box with lid that was stamped as being made in "pre-Japan." Then I went hiking with my great aunt and uncle Lois and Wes and their short-tailed hunting dogs. It was raining.
April 13:
Zack was driving 45 in a 30 and got a speeding ticket. As we pulled away he started going even faster to "make up for lost time."
I was sitting in my dad's (parked) truck, and this woman and her two kids drove up between me and this shed. She had a horse trailer and was a total pro at backing it up into the spot. She unhitched, did some stuff, then rehitched. But when she went to pull away, her horse trailer got caught on edge of shed. To help, I got out of truck and put weight on opposite side of trailer to tip it away from shed and give it the clearance it needed to get out. When it came free, she was able to pull away but it crashed into side of dad's truck and left a huge dent and scratch. The woman blamed me for the whole thing.
I was at my high school's camp at this horse ranch place. There were carnival rides of this giant Indian girl and giant horse that you could ride at the camp. I went off to explore on my own because there were too many people, and I got left out of ice cream. I found a path that went up this big hill and headed toward it. Lauren told me were not supposed to wander, but Alyssa came up and said, "She can't help it. It's her nature." So I went up the path, but then it went right by this cabin and there was a scary wolf-dog there who growled and snarled at me. Alyssa was with me suddenly and I was like, "Hey, you work with wild dogs. You got this." So I crept back down the hill. The dog followed her down though and found me and was growling at me. I asked Alyssa what I should do, but she didn't know. Then the dog became friendly and let me pet him.
Then I dreamed that I was an ambassador from the Land of Warmth trying to make peace with the Land of Cold. I swam in their ice water lakes with them and all the while dreamed of tropical waters of home.
I dreamed I was exploring the Schlottman's house and old bedrooms of the kids. I went to Ben's childhood room (which was in the basement of this house). Apparently, he had died as a child in a car accident and his bedroom had been left completely alone since then. It was decorated with guitars filled with guns and framed Bible verses.
April 14:
I dreamed that I friended Matt Mercer and Felicia Day on Facebook. A short while later, I got a message from Matt asking why I'd friend both of them a day after they made their accounts.
I was trying to leave my apartment to get to work and as I was driving away, I realized I wasn't wearing pants. I went back only to realize that I was, in fact, wearing pants. Tyler decided to come into work with me then, so I was waiting for him. It was 9:06 when we left and I was supposed to be at work at 9 and had a meeting at 9:30 (and I did, in fact, have a real meeting at 9:30 on this morning!). Staying in a nearby room were my parents and also a vacant room we were fixing up. We had left a bunch of my dad's tools there. I told Tyler we'd just have to let dad know to get them later because I was late. Then I couldn't find the car. Then I couldn't figure out how to get to work.
Then I dreamed something about Giants. Because why not?
April 15:
I was describing to someone how we would recognize who we were looking for. I said they'd be "ancient-looking fight snails of justice."
I was in this crawl space in the attic (a place I've been in dreams before) to sneak around this evil lady. But crawl space is always claustrophobic and terrifying so it wasn't a great alternative to the evil lady.
Then I was going through a food line getting breakfast at home for "disturbed children." I grabbed plate only to realize I didn't have a tray, so grabbed one and a boy in line told me I'd grabbed a "boy tray." They all looked the same to me though. I accidentally missed half the food by by-passing one of the sections, but I couldn't go back so just had some bananas and other fruit in a cup.
Then I was riding in very old pick up with my uncle Todd. We drove to this weigh-station-esque place with a machine that lifts your car up by the middle and tells you how much oil you have left. All the warning lights in the dash were on.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Dream Update: Week 12
April 2:
I was living in this house in Duluth in the woods near a lake. It was quite remote and there were these men who were going all over the town looking for people who had shutters installed incorrectly on their homes. To be safe, most people just removed their shutters when they knew that the shutter-men were out looking. Knowing this, the men also searched for any semi-solid structure without a permit they found in the woods and would tear it down. I was devastated to learn this because of all the forts Tyler and I had built back in the woods.
We were hanging out in the garage of this house, listening the wind and for the shutter-men to arrive when my sister Nicole and her husband Matt showed up in the garage with a "big surprise" for me that they were super excited about. They dragged in two giant metal pickles. They opened them up and inside of each was a decorative fishing net. Apparently they'd found them at a rummage sale. Who would get rid of such treasures?!
My friend Lauren then appeared in the garage with us, chattering about how nervous she was for her upcoming quiz bowl tournament.
Then I was spending the night somewhere with friends Sam and Erin. In the morning we were getting ready to go and had to share one bathroom and one hairbrush. After Sam was done, I went in and started brushing my hair. Erin showed up very upset because it was her turn and I had cut in the line. I apologized and let her have the brush and bathroom thinking that was the end of that. But later after we were all ready she was still acting angry. I asked why (thinking she and Sam had a disagreement I didn't know about) but she told me it was about the hairbrush thing. I was so annoyed and reminded why I prefer hanging out with guys most of the time.
April 3:
I had to move to Texas for work where I lived with three old people on their deathbeds. I remember very distinctly the smell of nursing home food (meat loaf and mashed potatoes on those ancient plastic trays with peaches). The three elderly people put a plastic garbage bag over the AC so it didn't blow so hard because they got too cold. They kept a display in the basement with cockroaches in it.
Then I dreamed about being on seashore. There were alligators and I found clams for my sister Tawnya who at them raw from their shells (I can see this happening in real life).
Finally, I was at this inner city school where the students were trying to be famous. News crews were always showing up to film them.
April 4:
I was living at the King's house. My mom was leaving, and I ran outside crying to stop her. She told me he had to leave, I said no, we could work it out. All of a sudden from the woods came a baby moose. I heard calls of a bigger moose and I told my mom to run. She didn't at first but then she saw the mom and dad moose charging out of the trees towards her. My car was parked nearby and had the window down. We dashed to the car and climbed in the window to get away, but the baby moose scrambled into the car after us. The parent moose charged at the car and we held notebooks and stuff over the open window to keep him out (because THAT'S going to be effective). I grabbed my purse with one hand and scrambled to find my spare key in there. Just then, one of the adult moose got in the window. We pushed him to the back of the car with baby. I managed to get the car started so we drove to the King's extra land just down the road to release them moose there.
There was a wildlife center on the land where people could take their horses to wade in this little lake for a couple dollars. HOWEVER, if the horse rolled in the water it was $200 because of the dirt and because "There's no way to know how many ostrich eggs might be affected."
My mom and I tried to figure out best way to get angry moose out of the car and stay safe ourselves. I'm not sure we ever solved the problem because next thing I remember was dreaming that my brother Tyler and I were riding to/from school, and he kept running all the stop signs. I told him if he kept doing so I wouldn't ride with him any more.
I dreamed I was back at my high school playing tabletop games. The guy I was hanging out with told me he was going to teach me new game. He said to get 6d6, and I did, but the numbers on them were all wrong. Then he said to get a d13 and I didn't have that. I ended up unable to play.
April 5:
I dreamed that a bunch of us (Zack, Paul, Matt and others) were hanging out in Duluth at Canal Park. We were walking along when all of a sudden this boat comes driving up on Lake Superior right onto the sidewalk where it morphed into a car. The car stopped beside us and we realized it was Adam driving. Someone said, "Of course Adam has a mariner vehicle."
I took my kayak out on the Lake, but it was super stormy and I capsized. I was dragged down into the dark water by the kayak. When I freed myself, I had to figure out which way was up. When I surfaced, I was being pulled out to sea. I kicked off my dress and shoes and swam to shore where I stole a fuzzy plaid print blanket to wrap up in.
Then I was trying to get ready for church with my whole family. I finally got dressed only I realize that I hadn't done my hair or makeup. Then I couldn't find shoes to wear. My mom and sisters shoes were too big (true story) but eventually I found something and managed to make it out the door.
April 6:
I was going to fly on a plane which was piloted by Kay, the Business Analyst from work. Our flight started with the plane being pulled over pits and hills by an old 4-wheeler. Then we had a terrifying take off from a new runway that was far too short. Jenna, who was flying with me, talked about how she didn't need a jacket because she went to Europe without one once, so why would she need one now?
The landing of this flight was equally scary, but eventually we settled in Georgia beside a guy in mask selling ghost guns. I got into an argument with another passenger about whether or not it was illegal to remove the serial number from a gun and/or replace with a fake one. He insisted it was fine. I insisted he was dumb.
I got off the plan with Zack, Hunter, Carter and my grandma Linda. We took really close up photos of a caterpillar that was friends with a panther. Linda didn't want to go see her sick mom, but that was why we came so I convinced her to go.
Then I was at a mixed holiday celebration that was sort of Christmas, New Years, and Halloween all rolled into one. I was dressed as Trinity from The Matrix. There were lots of people in scary costumes, many of whom helped throw shirts off a Santa float into audience.
April 7:
I was at this hotel when my brother's friend Victor knocks on door. He said that people had sneaked through the window and through his room in the middle of the night. He asked if he and his baby could stay in my room. I then hung out with all my friends who have new babies or are pregnant (Kate, Darin, Sami, Victor, Liz, etc).
Then I was in Canal Park in Duluth (I never realized how many dreams I have that are set in this location!) and there was a Jack Sparrow impersonator was there. I took photos with him and took his sword and pretended to stab him with it. After, he went to his car and changed to normal clothes and got all these paints and canvasses and set up to paint for money instead of Jack Sparrowing for money.
I was driving with my dad in his truck in a campground when we came across a little girl on a trike who was lost. We picked her up and offered to drive her back to her campsite, but she forgot to tell us where to drop her. We drove just past her road, so we stopped and got her out and sent her on her trike back all by herself.
April 8:
I had a to do list, but I only remember the first item:
1. Butcher pigs (kill them if you have to)
Zack was telling me all about Dungeons and Dragons stuff he was reading and how bad stuff sometimes just happens, but other times the adventure is poorly written and it's not the players fault if their character dies.
My cousin Jamie got a house in the Cities was that really nice inside (jacuzzi, big windows) but had no yard and was at the intersection of two busy streets. My sister Nicole called to tell my mom and I about it. My niece Natalie and nephew Mason were riding bikes and Marek, other nephew and the youngest, followed them but was crying while riding and eating ice cream because the ice cream was too cold.
I dreamed I found a bunch of jeans in my underwear drawer.
I was living in this house in Duluth in the woods near a lake. It was quite remote and there were these men who were going all over the town looking for people who had shutters installed incorrectly on their homes. To be safe, most people just removed their shutters when they knew that the shutter-men were out looking. Knowing this, the men also searched for any semi-solid structure without a permit they found in the woods and would tear it down. I was devastated to learn this because of all the forts Tyler and I had built back in the woods.
We were hanging out in the garage of this house, listening the wind and for the shutter-men to arrive when my sister Nicole and her husband Matt showed up in the garage with a "big surprise" for me that they were super excited about. They dragged in two giant metal pickles. They opened them up and inside of each was a decorative fishing net. Apparently they'd found them at a rummage sale. Who would get rid of such treasures?!
My friend Lauren then appeared in the garage with us, chattering about how nervous she was for her upcoming quiz bowl tournament.
Then I was spending the night somewhere with friends Sam and Erin. In the morning we were getting ready to go and had to share one bathroom and one hairbrush. After Sam was done, I went in and started brushing my hair. Erin showed up very upset because it was her turn and I had cut in the line. I apologized and let her have the brush and bathroom thinking that was the end of that. But later after we were all ready she was still acting angry. I asked why (thinking she and Sam had a disagreement I didn't know about) but she told me it was about the hairbrush thing. I was so annoyed and reminded why I prefer hanging out with guys most of the time.
April 3:
I had to move to Texas for work where I lived with three old people on their deathbeds. I remember very distinctly the smell of nursing home food (meat loaf and mashed potatoes on those ancient plastic trays with peaches). The three elderly people put a plastic garbage bag over the AC so it didn't blow so hard because they got too cold. They kept a display in the basement with cockroaches in it.
Then I dreamed about being on seashore. There were alligators and I found clams for my sister Tawnya who at them raw from their shells (I can see this happening in real life).
Finally, I was at this inner city school where the students were trying to be famous. News crews were always showing up to film them.
April 4:
I was living at the King's house. My mom was leaving, and I ran outside crying to stop her. She told me he had to leave, I said no, we could work it out. All of a sudden from the woods came a baby moose. I heard calls of a bigger moose and I told my mom to run. She didn't at first but then she saw the mom and dad moose charging out of the trees towards her. My car was parked nearby and had the window down. We dashed to the car and climbed in the window to get away, but the baby moose scrambled into the car after us. The parent moose charged at the car and we held notebooks and stuff over the open window to keep him out (because THAT'S going to be effective). I grabbed my purse with one hand and scrambled to find my spare key in there. Just then, one of the adult moose got in the window. We pushed him to the back of the car with baby. I managed to get the car started so we drove to the King's extra land just down the road to release them moose there.
There was a wildlife center on the land where people could take their horses to wade in this little lake for a couple dollars. HOWEVER, if the horse rolled in the water it was $200 because of the dirt and because "There's no way to know how many ostrich eggs might be affected."
My mom and I tried to figure out best way to get angry moose out of the car and stay safe ourselves. I'm not sure we ever solved the problem because next thing I remember was dreaming that my brother Tyler and I were riding to/from school, and he kept running all the stop signs. I told him if he kept doing so I wouldn't ride with him any more.
I dreamed I was back at my high school playing tabletop games. The guy I was hanging out with told me he was going to teach me new game. He said to get 6d6, and I did, but the numbers on them were all wrong. Then he said to get a d13 and I didn't have that. I ended up unable to play.
April 5:
I dreamed that a bunch of us (Zack, Paul, Matt and others) were hanging out in Duluth at Canal Park. We were walking along when all of a sudden this boat comes driving up on Lake Superior right onto the sidewalk where it morphed into a car. The car stopped beside us and we realized it was Adam driving. Someone said, "Of course Adam has a mariner vehicle."
I took my kayak out on the Lake, but it was super stormy and I capsized. I was dragged down into the dark water by the kayak. When I freed myself, I had to figure out which way was up. When I surfaced, I was being pulled out to sea. I kicked off my dress and shoes and swam to shore where I stole a fuzzy plaid print blanket to wrap up in.
Then I was trying to get ready for church with my whole family. I finally got dressed only I realize that I hadn't done my hair or makeup. Then I couldn't find shoes to wear. My mom and sisters shoes were too big (true story) but eventually I found something and managed to make it out the door.
April 6:
I was going to fly on a plane which was piloted by Kay, the Business Analyst from work. Our flight started with the plane being pulled over pits and hills by an old 4-wheeler. Then we had a terrifying take off from a new runway that was far too short. Jenna, who was flying with me, talked about how she didn't need a jacket because she went to Europe without one once, so why would she need one now?
The landing of this flight was equally scary, but eventually we settled in Georgia beside a guy in mask selling ghost guns. I got into an argument with another passenger about whether or not it was illegal to remove the serial number from a gun and/or replace with a fake one. He insisted it was fine. I insisted he was dumb.
I got off the plan with Zack, Hunter, Carter and my grandma Linda. We took really close up photos of a caterpillar that was friends with a panther. Linda didn't want to go see her sick mom, but that was why we came so I convinced her to go.
Then I was at a mixed holiday celebration that was sort of Christmas, New Years, and Halloween all rolled into one. I was dressed as Trinity from The Matrix. There were lots of people in scary costumes, many of whom helped throw shirts off a Santa float into audience.
April 7:
I was at this hotel when my brother's friend Victor knocks on door. He said that people had sneaked through the window and through his room in the middle of the night. He asked if he and his baby could stay in my room. I then hung out with all my friends who have new babies or are pregnant (Kate, Darin, Sami, Victor, Liz, etc).
Then I was in Canal Park in Duluth (I never realized how many dreams I have that are set in this location!) and there was a Jack Sparrow impersonator was there. I took photos with him and took his sword and pretended to stab him with it. After, he went to his car and changed to normal clothes and got all these paints and canvasses and set up to paint for money instead of Jack Sparrowing for money.
I was driving with my dad in his truck in a campground when we came across a little girl on a trike who was lost. We picked her up and offered to drive her back to her campsite, but she forgot to tell us where to drop her. We drove just past her road, so we stopped and got her out and sent her on her trike back all by herself.
April 8:
I had a to do list, but I only remember the first item:
1. Butcher pigs (kill them if you have to)
Zack was telling me all about Dungeons and Dragons stuff he was reading and how bad stuff sometimes just happens, but other times the adventure is poorly written and it's not the players fault if their character dies.
My cousin Jamie got a house in the Cities was that really nice inside (jacuzzi, big windows) but had no yard and was at the intersection of two busy streets. My sister Nicole called to tell my mom and I about it. My niece Natalie and nephew Mason were riding bikes and Marek, other nephew and the youngest, followed them but was crying while riding and eating ice cream because the ice cream was too cold.
I dreamed I found a bunch of jeans in my underwear drawer.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Dream Update: Week 11
March 25:
My sister Tawnya had a newborn baby girl. I was sitting on a bed with her and went to get up. When I did, she rolled off the edge of the bed. Both Tawnya and I tried to catch her but missed and she fell on her face.
Later, my friend Alyssa and I went out riding horses. Mine was brown and white. After a bit, we each grabbed another horse by the reigns and rode like that. I was nervous I was doing it wrong but she kept saying, "You're doing great. You're a natural!"
We got back to the ranch and let the horses go. A while later, I went outside to visit mine but he was nowhere in sight. I clicked for him, and he came running to me. I gave him a big hug and buried my face in his warm, wonderful neck.
My sister-in-law, Emilee posted a something on Facebook about seeing the world and learning about others. It was very inclusive. A friend, David P, told her he was happy to see her embracing life and moving out of the "homeschool bubble."
There was an ancient video game I tried to play - I believe at an arcade, though I don't recall the details. Then I was at a swimming pool at a hotel. The lifeguards asked if I could surf, and I said "Yes. By which I mean I've never done it before, but I might be able to figure it out."
March 26:
It was winter and I was supposed to give my co-worker Preethi a ride to the company party. As I got to the sidewalk where she was waiting, I tried to stop to get her but car wouldn't stop. I ended up getting it to stop much further ahead in the street. She ran to catch up and was so kind about the whole thing (very true to how she'd be in reality, I think). Then I forgot her at the party, leaving without letting her know, and I just hoped that someone else would give her a ride back.
Then I was in jungle on some sort of reality TV show. There were these spitting plants that would open up to reveal four leaves which spit spirally needles out at you. We contestants were armed with straight needles to throw at them to deactivate their leaves. We killed a snake and ate it. It tasted like ashes. As part of the show, we were all taken to Target where we were told we could buy five items before returning to the jungle. I remember that my team got toilet paper and two little bungee things that we could bounce things off of.
Then I dreamed that I was at the taping of The Voice, sitting right by a performer who did a mash up of some country song and "Devil Went Down to Georgia." He played a violin with no pegs, just strings connected to nothing. So he'd pick up each string and pull it taut to play on it, sliding his hand up and down the string to shorten or lengthen it as needed. It was super cool sounding, but he messed up a lot by skipping words and missing violin solo areas. I tried to comfort him at the end and he turned into a baby with down syndrome. I carried him back to his spot in the audience to watch the rest of the show and told him to be proud. I said "You made it, what, six rounds?" And he said "Four!" and started crying even harder. Whoops.
March 27:
I was trying to get ready for school with all my siblings. They were late. Then I couldn't get dressed to save my life, and ended up wearing every tank top I own layered on top of each other. I realized this was silly, so I picked two to layer, but then the straps were too long. I adjusted them only to realize that shorts and tank top in the winter in Duluth was a bad idea, so I had to change. By this point, my family were all in car waiting for me. There were cats outside. I got my sister Tawnya a gift.
Finally I made it to school where we were taking standardized tests. We had to write an essay as part of the test, but when time was up, I couldn't find mine to leave with my test at the end. It was Valentine's Day and I got a card from someone that had an underwear joke in it. People who didn't get one were jealous. My friends from high school, Barbara, Lauren, Anna, Alyssa and I went out to eat with our parents. Most of our parents paid for our meals, but Barbara had to ask if Lauren's grandparents would pay for hers because she wasn't a "rich Christian." It was quite awkward.
March 28:
There was a large glass wall in the middle of this hallway with a small space at the top between the top of the wall and the ceiling. My friends were on one side of wall and I was on the other. The hall way on their side started flooding til it all came pouring out over the top of the wall. I couldn't do anything but stand there and watch them drown.
March 29:
I was helping Matt, a friend from high school, clean his dorm room. Will (another friend) joked threateningly, "If you have another purple shirt..." Which was funny because Matt had just bought one. Matt made all this weird music (for lack of a better word) that was a compilation of sounds more than anything. He was quite proud of it.
We were camping and did this thing where you strap into harnesses on the edge of this break-away cliff. When the cliff falls, you dangle over this huge drop. It was absolutely gorgeous and surprisingly did not end with me falling to my death.
Tawnya and I were boarding this flight together, but they realized they were missing a passenger who they couldn't leave without. They sent Tawnya and I put to find passenger, and plane left without us. We watched a live hockey game in the airport from a balcony.
March 30:
I was at my high school where one of the teachers, PJ, was teaching a class. I went to bathroom and realized I had no makeup on. I tried to curl and darken my eyelashes with water. When I returned to the classroom, no one was there except one girl writing sentences. I asked where everyone was and she said, "Practicing clapping."
"What?" I asked.
"I was bad because I'm tied and hungry," she replied, "so I have to write sentences while they to have fun."
"Okay," I said, "but where are they?"
"I don't know."
Just then, the rest of the class returned along with PJ. Everyone looked high and crazy. Brandon, my co-worker, was there. PJ asked what they learned. Anna said she learned that it's easy to say "no" before you know someone, but when you have a foundation of trust it becomes harder to say no.
Later my dad and I were on an adventure in caves and had to squeeze between narrow rocks to get through. We were camping with a bunch of other girls and when we returned to camp, they said sewer tank was full, so I said to use public restrooms and showers.
High-school-friend Lauren and I considered jumping off a set of stairs at a high point, but instead moved to lower point and jumped down from there. This super tall guy made fun of us for jumping from so low, so I went on a tirade about how his height and subsequent shock absorbing power made his high jumps way easier. I lectured him on math, physics, and being a jerk, and at the end he relented that I was right.
March 31:
I was at office in the back corner by Brandon's desk. Only this was no normal office, this was a D&D office. All the "lower levels" (not management) were players fighting, and the higher levels would place bets on who would win an who would die. The higher levels were intimidating and conniving, trying to buff the people they'd bet on unfairly. Zack was there too. All the new hires were very nervous and had no clue what they were doing. I ended up matched against a great fighter and lost one of my battles. At the end of the day, they chopped one of the people who had lost a battle in half, but not me since I had a pretty good track record. Somehow I did end up unconscious, and they brought me out into the woods to bury me. I tried to keep it a secret that I was actually conscious so I could run away once they left me.
There was a parade, and all these kids in costumes and crazy cars were coming by. Then I walked through place filled with bats and it was terrifying. They were everywhere and fluttery and rat-like and horrible. Dreamed that PJ wore a scarf/shawl with Narnia images on it, and it was very feminine. I whispered as much to my parents who were watching as well and they loudly agreed, "Why yes Heidi! That Narnia cloak IS rather feminine, isn't it?!"
April 1:
I was taking a college Bible class taught by the fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. I kept forgetting I had the class until I showed up at it each week. I showed up one day real nervous it was my day to present a project because I'd done nothing whatsoever, but it wasn't (whew). The class was held at outside at the gas station on Woodland Ave in Duluth. I sat on sidewalk by Matt (from high school). On our break, we went into the gas station, which was super rundown inside. They had giant sourdough sandwiches (like bigger than my head). Barbara said she thought the bread was under-cooked and asked if she could return it if so. The clerk said no, but Barbara bought the sandwich anyway. My friend Alyssa and her mom were there as well.
I bought something and for change girl gave me two Canadian "20 pieces" of different sizes. I told her, and she gave me a glass with a figurine of a moose in the bottom of it to compensate. She also told me I could come back the next day for a complimentary fish dinner, which I knew I wouldn't like but thought Zack would.
Later my grandpa Marvin came to a place where friends and I were all hanging out. He was limping. I went to give a hug, and he said "Careful for the burn." I looked down and his whole foot was all swelled up and white with red bumps and broken skin in places. It was pretty gnarly.
My sister Tawnya had a newborn baby girl. I was sitting on a bed with her and went to get up. When I did, she rolled off the edge of the bed. Both Tawnya and I tried to catch her but missed and she fell on her face.
Later, my friend Alyssa and I went out riding horses. Mine was brown and white. After a bit, we each grabbed another horse by the reigns and rode like that. I was nervous I was doing it wrong but she kept saying, "You're doing great. You're a natural!"
We got back to the ranch and let the horses go. A while later, I went outside to visit mine but he was nowhere in sight. I clicked for him, and he came running to me. I gave him a big hug and buried my face in his warm, wonderful neck.
My sister-in-law, Emilee posted a something on Facebook about seeing the world and learning about others. It was very inclusive. A friend, David P, told her he was happy to see her embracing life and moving out of the "homeschool bubble."
There was an ancient video game I tried to play - I believe at an arcade, though I don't recall the details. Then I was at a swimming pool at a hotel. The lifeguards asked if I could surf, and I said "Yes. By which I mean I've never done it before, but I might be able to figure it out."
March 26:
It was winter and I was supposed to give my co-worker Preethi a ride to the company party. As I got to the sidewalk where she was waiting, I tried to stop to get her but car wouldn't stop. I ended up getting it to stop much further ahead in the street. She ran to catch up and was so kind about the whole thing (very true to how she'd be in reality, I think). Then I forgot her at the party, leaving without letting her know, and I just hoped that someone else would give her a ride back.
Then I was in jungle on some sort of reality TV show. There were these spitting plants that would open up to reveal four leaves which spit spirally needles out at you. We contestants were armed with straight needles to throw at them to deactivate their leaves. We killed a snake and ate it. It tasted like ashes. As part of the show, we were all taken to Target where we were told we could buy five items before returning to the jungle. I remember that my team got toilet paper and two little bungee things that we could bounce things off of.
Then I dreamed that I was at the taping of The Voice, sitting right by a performer who did a mash up of some country song and "Devil Went Down to Georgia." He played a violin with no pegs, just strings connected to nothing. So he'd pick up each string and pull it taut to play on it, sliding his hand up and down the string to shorten or lengthen it as needed. It was super cool sounding, but he messed up a lot by skipping words and missing violin solo areas. I tried to comfort him at the end and he turned into a baby with down syndrome. I carried him back to his spot in the audience to watch the rest of the show and told him to be proud. I said "You made it, what, six rounds?" And he said "Four!" and started crying even harder. Whoops.
March 27:
I was trying to get ready for school with all my siblings. They were late. Then I couldn't get dressed to save my life, and ended up wearing every tank top I own layered on top of each other. I realized this was silly, so I picked two to layer, but then the straps were too long. I adjusted them only to realize that shorts and tank top in the winter in Duluth was a bad idea, so I had to change. By this point, my family were all in car waiting for me. There were cats outside. I got my sister Tawnya a gift.
Finally I made it to school where we were taking standardized tests. We had to write an essay as part of the test, but when time was up, I couldn't find mine to leave with my test at the end. It was Valentine's Day and I got a card from someone that had an underwear joke in it. People who didn't get one were jealous. My friends from high school, Barbara, Lauren, Anna, Alyssa and I went out to eat with our parents. Most of our parents paid for our meals, but Barbara had to ask if Lauren's grandparents would pay for hers because she wasn't a "rich Christian." It was quite awkward.
March 28:
There was a large glass wall in the middle of this hallway with a small space at the top between the top of the wall and the ceiling. My friends were on one side of wall and I was on the other. The hall way on their side started flooding til it all came pouring out over the top of the wall. I couldn't do anything but stand there and watch them drown.
March 29:
I was helping Matt, a friend from high school, clean his dorm room. Will (another friend) joked threateningly, "If you have another purple shirt..." Which was funny because Matt had just bought one. Matt made all this weird music (for lack of a better word) that was a compilation of sounds more than anything. He was quite proud of it.
We were camping and did this thing where you strap into harnesses on the edge of this break-away cliff. When the cliff falls, you dangle over this huge drop. It was absolutely gorgeous and surprisingly did not end with me falling to my death.
Tawnya and I were boarding this flight together, but they realized they were missing a passenger who they couldn't leave without. They sent Tawnya and I put to find passenger, and plane left without us. We watched a live hockey game in the airport from a balcony.
March 30:
I was at my high school where one of the teachers, PJ, was teaching a class. I went to bathroom and realized I had no makeup on. I tried to curl and darken my eyelashes with water. When I returned to the classroom, no one was there except one girl writing sentences. I asked where everyone was and she said, "Practicing clapping."
"What?" I asked.
"I was bad because I'm tied and hungry," she replied, "so I have to write sentences while they to have fun."
"Okay," I said, "but where are they?"
"I don't know."
Just then, the rest of the class returned along with PJ. Everyone looked high and crazy. Brandon, my co-worker, was there. PJ asked what they learned. Anna said she learned that it's easy to say "no" before you know someone, but when you have a foundation of trust it becomes harder to say no.
Later my dad and I were on an adventure in caves and had to squeeze between narrow rocks to get through. We were camping with a bunch of other girls and when we returned to camp, they said sewer tank was full, so I said to use public restrooms and showers.
High-school-friend Lauren and I considered jumping off a set of stairs at a high point, but instead moved to lower point and jumped down from there. This super tall guy made fun of us for jumping from so low, so I went on a tirade about how his height and subsequent shock absorbing power made his high jumps way easier. I lectured him on math, physics, and being a jerk, and at the end he relented that I was right.
March 31:
I was at office in the back corner by Brandon's desk. Only this was no normal office, this was a D&D office. All the "lower levels" (not management) were players fighting, and the higher levels would place bets on who would win an who would die. The higher levels were intimidating and conniving, trying to buff the people they'd bet on unfairly. Zack was there too. All the new hires were very nervous and had no clue what they were doing. I ended up matched against a great fighter and lost one of my battles. At the end of the day, they chopped one of the people who had lost a battle in half, but not me since I had a pretty good track record. Somehow I did end up unconscious, and they brought me out into the woods to bury me. I tried to keep it a secret that I was actually conscious so I could run away once they left me.
There was a parade, and all these kids in costumes and crazy cars were coming by. Then I walked through place filled with bats and it was terrifying. They were everywhere and fluttery and rat-like and horrible. Dreamed that PJ wore a scarf/shawl with Narnia images on it, and it was very feminine. I whispered as much to my parents who were watching as well and they loudly agreed, "Why yes Heidi! That Narnia cloak IS rather feminine, isn't it?!"
April 1:
I was taking a college Bible class taught by the fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. I kept forgetting I had the class until I showed up at it each week. I showed up one day real nervous it was my day to present a project because I'd done nothing whatsoever, but it wasn't (whew). The class was held at outside at the gas station on Woodland Ave in Duluth. I sat on sidewalk by Matt (from high school). On our break, we went into the gas station, which was super rundown inside. They had giant sourdough sandwiches (like bigger than my head). Barbara said she thought the bread was under-cooked and asked if she could return it if so. The clerk said no, but Barbara bought the sandwich anyway. My friend Alyssa and her mom were there as well.
I bought something and for change girl gave me two Canadian "20 pieces" of different sizes. I told her, and she gave me a glass with a figurine of a moose in the bottom of it to compensate. She also told me I could come back the next day for a complimentary fish dinner, which I knew I wouldn't like but thought Zack would.
Later my grandpa Marvin came to a place where friends and I were all hanging out. He was limping. I went to give a hug, and he said "Careful for the burn." I looked down and his whole foot was all swelled up and white with red bumps and broken skin in places. It was pretty gnarly.
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