My Brother

Another miscommunication dream.

I was going about my normal weekend. G, Little One and I were at the mall and we entered a contest of Simon Says. First we were on the white team first and then for the second go-around, they thought we wanted to be on the white team, but we wanted to be on the black team. All of a sudden Karyn comes running up to me. She had been looking all over for us.

We kept going about our business until I saw Dennis. (Karyn had disappeared before my brother showed up.) They were in town that weekend and not the weekend after, which is when I expected them. They were in town for my Dad's concert, but they were only having rehearsal. There was a small party going on. Dennis didn't believe me that it was just a rehearsal, but when we walked in, they weren't in concert clothing and a ton of people were watching there. The conductor shooed everyone away but kept my brother and me around. He asked Dennis if he wanted to sit in and he sat down next to Dad. Then Karyn showed up with my nephew and my nephew was wearing a lamb halloween costume. He asked me if I wanted t sit in too, but all I had was a standup bass. The conduct asked another musician if he wanted to play it and I extended the thing at the bottom that holds it up, but this guy sat down with it, which I thought was really weird.

Dennis and Karyn hadn't seen Little One through this, but they apologized because they had to get home. As soon as they left for home, Little One woke me up crying this a.m. I don't think he wanted to see them leave.

Thanks Dad for watching over me in my dream, but what does it mean?

Halloween Party

G woke up at 3:00 a.m. and told me about his dream:

He was at a halloween party with Daddy. He had some friends there. They walked outside and there was one guy who was really big.

Then he wanted me to wake up his Daddy so he could be in bed with him. That didn't happen. I told G about his dream this morning and he just looked at me with wide eyes. He hadn't remembered a word. Of course, Dave thought this was my dream because he said I started to talk in my sleep again last night.

I had remembered my dream first thing this morning, and it wasn't a "blocked" dream, I don't think, but after being awake for 5 hours, I just can't channel it. There's just too much going on and I'm still just too tired.

Marching Band

I was in a car and there was another car that was behind us. We got out to watch a marching band. I remember that it was weird because they marched right up to a wall so that the people in the front row were about 12" away from the wall, but they were still looking straight ahead. Then I was chasing the people in the convertible. Then we were in a building that had a very small room and we were all sitting on a couch.

Note: This was a very involved dream and I remembered it really well when I woke up, but most of the dream eludes me right now. The only reason I remembered the marching band was because Dave said that I was talking in my sleep and it sounded like I was being chased so he woke me up a little to calm me down. Of course, I don't remember talking in my sleep.

My Date

I was going to meet Dave for dinner. I drove past where G was being babysat and he was playing a game. I went to a mall - it was monstrously huge. I couldn't walk normally. There was a problem with my shoes. They were slowing me down. They were slippery. I couldn't walk at a normal pace and I was really slow. I had gotten half-way there and then had to turn around because I had forgot something. I was also a bit lost. It took me over an hour to walk in the mall to where I needed to go. I saw our friend TJ and asked him to call Dave to let him know I was going to be late but he said he couldn't. I asked again and he did, but first he called him at home and then he called him at Dave's grandmothers, and we both knew Dave was at neither of those places.

Finally I made it to a place where there was chinese food. It was in the middle of the mall, not in a restaurant. We ate our first course and then had to go somewhere else. After the second course we went into an amphitheater where Dave surprised me with a dozen red roses.

My Brother and a Monster Truck

Dave and I walk into a building and I see my brother. I do a double-take. I'm not sure it's my brother. It looks exactly like my brother, but it's a 3 dimensional advertisement. It's so lifelike, but it's only his head, and not his body. His ad is for a cold rememdy. It features my brother's face smiling. Then he sneezes snot all over the place. Then he's smiling again. I try to take a picture of it but my camera isn't working. The ad changes to a woman and then I see the woman from the ad. I want a picture of her but my camera still won't work. I figure out the shutter won't open so I move it manually. The woman doesn't want her picture taken so she walks right up to me and all I get is a picture of her eye. It's got so many wrinkles (like a sharpei) and is dark underneath her eye.

Then we're in an auditorium or school or something but I don't remember what happens here.

Then we're pulling into a residential driveway. I'm in the middle because I thought it was for only 1 house. It turns out there were 3 or 4 houses back there and a big, white monster trucks comes up out of nowhere, barrelling ahead, and starts honking. I move to the right but the lady thinks she's in England or something. She keeps barrelling toward us. I magically move to the side and narrowly avoid an accident.

Death

With all the death around me, this dream doesn't completely surprise me. Of course, death could also mean change. Maybe change for the better?

My step-dad died. A few days later, my mom also died. The emotions felt real and they were terrible. I was a complete mess. I remember seeing my boss' wife and just telling her with a look. I remember see the temple babysitter walking down the street and rsvp'ing to her Pampered Chef's party. I remember thinking how odd it was that she had to walk so far to where she parked her car (she lives in Shaker and parked in S. Euclid). I remember being surrounded by friends who did everything for me, but not at my house. It felt more like a restaurant.

I'm just hoping that this means change.

A Weddling

It's beena while, but I finally had a dream last night.

Last night I was at Jen and Dion's wedding. I have been friends with Dion since about 1991 or 1992 - about 15 years. In last night's dream Dion had written me a letter about 2 days before his wedding that I didn't receive until after his wedding that mentioned what an amazing person I was, etc., etc., etc. He mentioned that because I was a drifter he knew I would never cheat, but that he had to tell me his feelings. All of his friends had gotten word of his letter. Now, his letter meant a lot to me and I would never cheat, on him or me, but none of his friends knew this and they kept a close watch on us. We were at an apartment and there was a big backyard. I remember I kept going to the backyard. My kids were involved somehow, someone had to watch them, but I don't remember how.

Now, remember, this was only a dream and definitely not reality.