Dreaming of NOLA

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In my dream last night, my husband and I set off in the car for New Orleans along with our friends Becky, Nathan, Katie and Clay. Somehow we all fit comfortably into what looked like a regular sized car. Dream physics ROCK.

In any case, we arrived at the city and were hitting up strange corridors of the French Quarter that don't really exist. I was just sad that this was only one of a series of dreams last night, so it didn't last nearly as long as I would've liked. I'm exhausted today, but I appreciated the vacation last night!

Harry and the Doctor

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Time travel has never been so odd.

My dream last night started at my friend Ashley's house. Except it was not like any house she or her parents had ever lived in. I know, I've seen them all. Seriously. But it was her house as far as dream me knew, and we settled down on the couch to watch the new episode of Doctor Who.

The episode happened to focus on the Doctor showing up to help the students at Hogwarts fight Voldemort. But the students had known the Doctor's previous incarnation (or one of them, anyway), so Eleven was having to prove to them that he was in fact the Doctor. And then prove that they really needed his help. Harry was oddly confrontational about the whole thing.

At some point Ashley or I spilled ice cream on the floor, so I was distracted from the episode by helping get that cleaned up. And then I was at my place getting an email from my friend Chad about how he'd had someone out to clean the carpets. Because apparently at that point in the dream I'd been at his house instead? I have no idea. I just know that a Doctor Who/Harry Potter crossover is easily one of the strangest things I've ever dreamed.

Old Friends

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Last night I reconnected in person with my friend Karla for the first time in years - at least in my dream. She came with her son to stay with Wes and I, though we were in a different house than where we live now. There was an apartment in the house, and she and her toddler came to stay with us.

We were both surprised by how easy it was to talk again since we'd been separated so long. I wish I could remember the specifics, but I have to say it was really nice.

Zoos and Murder

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Once again, my dream started out rather pleasant last night. I was at a really cool indoor zoo with my best bud Ashley. I noticed that some people had taken to getting annual memberships and jogging through the building as exercise. I thought that was ingenious since the zoo was right downtown and close to so many businesses. What better way to exercise than in an air conditioned environment while looking at cool animals?

Sometime later I went down the escalator (which was going far too fast for some reason) to leave. Outside I spotted a guy with a gun. I bravely... well, okay, I grabbed the closest guy to me and begged him to help me before more or less throwing him at the dude with the gun. What? Self preservation, baby. Anyway, while the guy with the gun beat the crap out of said guy (no idea why he didn't shoot him), I ran for it. The landscape outside was strange, but I finally found a spot at the end of a house behind some bushes that seemed secure. Unfortunately crazy dude with a gun caught up with me. I think he was going to shoot me or something, but I woke up. Yay alarm clock?

Baby Dreams

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Would that it could be so easy! In my dream last night, I was at home with our new baby girl. The best part? I'd delivered by c-section and somehow there was barely any scar, any wound, and I couldn't even really feel it. Slight twinge every now and then and that was it. The dream world's so darn much easier! Anyway, I was asking Wes if he was going to take time off, but I wasn't really worried about it. So low key and not me. heh

After a brief wake up, I went back to sleep and found myself with my best friend Ashley and her sister. Ashley and another friend of hers were entering a candy making contest being hosted at TWU. I was going along to help them find the place. Her sister was talking to a friend of hers about entering the next year with their cupcake business. It had some kind of oddly bad ass name that does not fit how sweetly girlie her sister actually is.

Unfortunately I woke up for real and we never did get to find out what was up with the contest. Too bad because some of that candy looked delicious.

Road Trippin'

Yet another involved dream last night. It started with me talking my friend Ashley to class. She'd gone back to school to get some sort of medical degree, and for some reason I was driving her. I even took her into the building and walked her in. It was strange, though, because we had to walk through two other large classrooms to get to hers. By the time I dropped her off, I was walking through classes in progress on the way out to get to the hall where I was going to wait. I wasn't embarrassed by doing this so much as annoyed that the school had planned their schedules and their layout that way. Who does that?

Then Ashley was taking me somewhere. We were driving at night, and we had to pull into a garage (where they fix cars, not where owners put cars) with a few lights on to read the map. We apparently figured it out because after we got back in the car the dream jumped again.

I was in a big SUV with my friends from high school. Cody was driving, and Paul and Joey and I were all sitting in the front seat with him. Somehow it was a big enough car that it wasn't uncomfortable despite that. We were all catching up and talking, and I was struck by how comfortable it all was. I was using Paul's head as a pillow, and we were all piled in there, and yet we were totally and completely at ease. Then suddenly my friend Nicky as in the back seat with her daughter, but her daughter was younger than she really is since she was about toddler aged and wearing diapers. We were on our way to the beach, so we were going to stop so that Nicky could get her daughter a swimsuit and I could find one too. Unfortunately I woke up before we got there. Bummer!

I'll Be Out Back Painting Gnocci

Yes, that's actually a quote from my dream last night, something Wes said to me. No, I really don't know why because it was right before I woke up.

The main part of the dream was only slightly more coherent. At first I was at a party where a lot of old high school friends were. I was mostly hanging out with Kristin and Riley, and it was good times. We were reminiscing, laughing. We decided to go to an after party at someone else's house, and I piled in with Riley to make the drive. It was late and rainy, but it was an easy drive, and we were joking and having fun the whole way.

We got to the house, and there was a host or something who told us about cleaning the place out. We were all kind of confused until a huge wave crashed down over us (the tent-like house was beside the ocean). At first I couldn't get up from under the water because the breath had been knocked out of me, but finally I surfaced. We were all shocked but not bothered for some reason.

The next thing I really remember is being at an apartment I was sharing with a girl I'd apparently gone to college with. A war had broken out, but it wasn't a modern war. It was like frontier war. I went outside and everyone was getting their rifles and getting into wagons and stuff. I even had a rifle, but I knew I wasn't a good shot, and somehow I knew that I wasn't supposed to go. So I ended up watching as most of the people I knew loaded up into the wagons and left. I went back into the apartment (doubly strange since it was normal and modern, not period at all) and started cleaning to distract myself. I found Ashley (my best friend)'s blanket and refused to put it in the wash since it smelled like her. It was her and Wes and Riley that I was really worried about since I knew that all of them were off fighting, and I didn't know when they'd be back.

Then I half woke up and the dream shifted, and I don't remember anything much after that.

Old Friends

Unfortunately I can't remember a lot of my dream last night, which is too bad because I recall it being fun. What I do remember is running into my friend Joey from high school who I haven't seen or heard from in almost ten years. I was attending a small gallery show at a school or hotel or something (I dunno... big building), and I ran into him almost literally. Got a hug, we chatted, and that's unfortunately about all I can remember.

Hanging

I had a dream the other night where I was getting together with all my guy friends from high school. It was me and Paul, Cody, Shawn, Joey, Tony. It was actually pretty damn awesome. And I felt guilty cuz I didn't keep up with Joey and Tony at all. Damn them for not being internet addicts! Shit, how do you keep up with people without MySpace? I got an address for Tony (I think) in Missouri from the WhitePages and might try writing, see if he'll actually reply or if I'll be writing some total stranger who thinks I'm a psycho. lol

First Day of School

Last night I dreamt that it was the first day of seventh grade. All of our clocks said different times. When I got to school I realized that I had forgotten my stuff. Mom brought it, but when she got to school I suddenly had my stuff and she just had an english muffin for my lunch. I was sitting with Karla, Jennifer, and Becky.

Last Day

I dreamt last night that it was the last day of school again. I asked Joel when he was going to move, and I couldn't understand what he said. Then I was watching the news and I saw Wylong Joy playing basketball with some other boys. He looked so sober and serious. Then I realized that he was at that boys' ranch. Poor Wylon. Next I was like in a Spanish opera, but I woke up before it was to the second act.

House Sitting

Last night I dreamt that me, mom and Kathy went to spend the night at Riley's house while he and his family were away. I got to stay in Riley's room. His bed was on the same wall as the door and had baseball sheets on it. At the foot of his bed was a round stained wood table, and on it was sitting a Barney, Aladdin type Colorform. His closet was on the next wall going counterclockwise. The doors to the closet were shut. There was some stuff laying on his bed. He had a shelf full of books and stuff. On his bedside table there was a lamp with a creamy, orange, yellowish shade and a varnished wood base. The walls were white. Mom stayed in his parents room with Kathy. I didn't see any room but Riley's.

Movie Making

Last night I had a dream where B.J. was in a movie. It was called "B.J. Bee Gee." We were in P.E.! Becky wasn't there. I kept thinking, "Wait till I tell Becky!" I can't remember anymore than that.

Odd Settings

Last night I had a dream where I was out at Ashley's house, and I got up and went downstairs. I kept seeing things that I would have seen in Ohio. I decided to walk by Riley's room. He was sitting on his bed talking to Dean. Later on I was at school and I saw Riley. He had on a blue, black and white flannel shirt. He seemed older and taller.

Coaching

Last night I dreamt that I was in a gym coaching a hockey team. Me and Karla were talking and suddenly I saw Jon Kerr sitting across the gym from us. That's all I remember.

Middle School Crushes

Last night I dreamt that Riley was absent. During P.E. he just walked in and sat down right below me. He turned around and smiled at me and I said hi and so did he. He looked so tired and pale I blurted out are you okay. He said yeah, I just overslept.

Sporty

Last night I dreamt that I went to a school gym and Randi's team was playing basketball. Before long Riley's team was playing and grandma was with me. The lights were very dim. When they finished playing I went somewhere then came back. Suzi was there and I went to go sit by her but the seats and become shelves. It was the same on the other side. I felt panicked and woke up.

Tests and Romance

I had a dream last night that I was in Language Arts buying books, and then suddenly I was in Reading taking a test. When it was time to go, I realized that I was still on question one. Then Riley and I were the only ones in the L.A. classroom. He said something to me that I couldn't understand, and then he leaned forward and kissed me. We kissed for a few seconds and then I woke up.