Pool

Had a nap today and dream about being at a pool and having to care for children. There was lots of swimming on a number of different days. One day I had forgot my towel. I was cold! The kids were jumping in and clowning around.

I was taking a double decker train. I went (with a cup that looked like coffee!) into the first class section, even though I knew that my ticket was not for first class. But there were less people there and the previous trips I hadn't seen any security. But as soon as I arrived in first class, the security arrived and I had to leave.

Haircut

I was by the First Avenue School. Some thug wanted to give me a haircut. I managed to convince them that I just had a professional cut. The dream dictionary indicates that hair represents physical and spiritual strength.
I was up at 2:30 and 6:15 so not so much in the way of dreams. When I woke up at 2:30 I had been dreaming about trains. James would have been so proud.

Finale

Dreamt the whole family (and it was a LOT of people. Most of the people I didn't know, so maybe they were from Myron's side:)
We were in this old large house to watch the finale of a show. People were taking pictures. Mike and Heather (myron's brother and sister-in-law) were there.
There were also games like tennis going on.
There was one girl they were asking could she see properly? When the ball went by her she swung at the wrong time. What happened was she was looking at the wrong ball. Instead of looking at the ball from her game, she hit the ball from another game. Then she went to look for it. There were a number of balls on the grass. She picked up the white rubbery ball.
I had to go to the bathroom and went toward the house. I asked an old lady where the most convenient one was. I didn't want to disturb them watching the show. Is there one on the main floor or one upstairs? She said they wouldn't want me using the one upstairs, but I could use the downstairs one and be careful not to upset them. The one I went in was very convenient, right on the edge of the house. There was some toilet paper scattered on the floor. I went quickly and got out quickly. I think the colours were blue and white.
My dad had asked me to get bus tickets home. The last commercial of the finale was done. I could stay and watch or get the bus tickets. I went to get the bus tickets. I wanted to get there before the crush. The tickets were one way Toronto- St. Catharines.

In another dream, I biked down to the downtown library and was about to put my bike in the big black bike rack in front (that does not exist there in RL) when I realized I had forgotten the DVD's that I needed to return, so I had to bike home. The bike ride back was a bit more complicated because of the one way streets. (I did have to return DVD's today, though I did remember them- I have lost some papers I was looking for last night and maybe that filtered into my dream)

Bread

I went into some sort of store- maybe a diner- with my own bread. I wanted them to do something with the bread- maybe add sandwich materials to it. I was there waiting and another costomer came in. It was a young person, but I did not notice if it was male or female. We were both waiting. And decided to sit down in a booth. The young person warned me that they would try to charge me for my bread, even though I had brought it in myself. I was quite shocked. We still sat there waiting and while we were waiting, I ate my bread as I was talking to this young person. The young person asked me if I had TV and I said no (as in no channels, I wasn't saying I had no tv) and they asked me if I had any movies and again I said no. (Maybe they were checking how out of touch I am.)

The online dream dictionary says about bread:
Crossculturaly in both physical and metaphysical references, bread is the basic sustenance of life. As a dream symbol it is rich in both meaning and message. The bread in your dreams could represent those positive and wonderful things that you have learned in your life's journey. It could be symbolic of "good" and most basic things in your life which will yield positive benefits in the future. The bread in your dream could be spiritually symbolic; it could represent a profound communion or connection with others and with God.

My other dream was probably inspired by my watching Legally Blonde 2 last night:
I was in a library. It was in a big old institution that was grey and looked old. (imagery would lead me to think Queens, plus I worked in the library there) There was a meeting in one of the board rooms there. I was not invited. It was the good old boys. There was no cracking them. But there were a lot of people on the outside and we were working in the library. Some of the bottom shelves were in very bad shape. Either on an angle or the shelf had fallen right off. We were working on fixing them as well as planning how to take on the people in the boardroom. What a good strategy would be.

Don't forget

Dreamt I was living at a daycare. I was sleeping on a couch in the main room. Heather was there. She was all over her husband's best friend. Her MIL was there and I was like - you are so busted. It was really funny, in a way as Heather was not as coordinated as usual, but didn't seem to mind.
Then the next morning Amanda was there and she was still pregnant. She offered to load my her little SUV because she didn't fit in it anymore. It was tiny. I had to crawl in over the top. I was going to a show. I had to go to the mall first. There were 2 right turn lanes. I was in the outer one, but there were 2 cars beside me,so I was squeezed over the yellow line. I was talking to someone (on the phone?) and was explaining what was going on. It was a mess at the intersection. I finally got in front of the people beside me, got out of the mall and got to the show, but I realized that I didn't have my glasses and I shouldn't be driving without my glasses and I couldn't see the show without my glasses, so I drove back, got my glasses and then it was 8 and time for the show to start and I still had to drive back. I did but then couldn't remember part of the drive. Did I drive it? Also, earlier in the dream, I was having trouble finding the car, even though it was described for me, I still couldn't see it.
Back at the daycare, I was going to do a game with the kids. I wasn't as familiar with the game as the kids were. It started with me droppping scarves to them. One of them was a special scarf. But they had to grab a scarf and then take it to a place for points, I guess. They were gone a long time, by the time they came back the game was over. They had done the rest of the rounds on their own.
When I was sleeping at the daycare, the roof in one area was leaking. A lot. So they had a large piece of styrofoam underneath that was angled toward the stairs.

Rain on me

Dream 1:
I had to drive Myron to the dock (to catch a ship?)and we were borrowing Pam and Steve's car. It wasa big car and I was worried that I couldn't drive it. Steve drove it over to us. I don't know where he was going. Then Myron drove to the docks. I think James was in his carseat in the back. When we got to the docks I got out my glasses so I could see to drive properly. And I was preparing myself to do the drive when Myron called out "There is the bride" and it was Pam and she drove us back so quickly. I kept remarking that if I had tried to do it myself, it would have taken so long.

Dream 2:(this was the last dream before I woke up)
We had a group and a guy came by to show us a floor demonstration- how to put wood floors together. I think it was a group of all girls he was showing it to. Rachel was sitting beside me. I was apparently the leader of the group, in that I had to greet the guy coming to do the demonstration and when it was done I had to make sure he had covered all the parts. He had been showing something in the middle and then someone said that he wasn't supposed to use something, even though Al had bought it all for him and did want him to use it. He stopped. At the end I asked him if he wasn't to finish, but by then it was getting too late.
Rachel had written me a note asking if I had 3 cans of salmon she could take home with her. I guess this was taking place in my home. I thought I only had 2 cans of tuna, but I didn't get a chance to tell her because I was going to tell her at the end and I woke up before that point. A bus had come to pick up the group. THe bus was half filled with seniors. There wasa a sports car behind the bus that I guess was waiting for the guy. We sat on the couch and all prayed before he left.

Dream 3: (this was actually a part of another dream, but I don't know what)
My mother and brother wanted to use my bathroom. The room was set up a little different than my real bathroom. I think it was smaller, with no sink. When you go in, the bath is straight ahead and the toilet is to the right and then in the dream, the wall was right beside the toilet. I had wet clothes hanging on the shower curtain rail that they had to get by to get to the toilet. They got wet.
Rain on me Holy Spirit

Communal toilet cleaning

The first night the boys are away. Do I sleep through the night? No. Do I have an interesting dream and am able to get up and type it in the computer? Yes.

When I would go in the bathroom, there was always someone else's mess there. I would have to flush it so I could use it. The building we were living in had a communal feel to it. It may have been some sort of school or community housing. Sarah and Paul and Tara lived there.
There was one lady there who was adamant that we should not clean up others' messes. If we all cleaned up our own, problem solved. So she kept asking me if I had cleaned the toilets and I answered Just what I had needed to.
When I was on the toilet, it seemed to be missing on of the walls, so people who came in to do (apparent) security checks, to make sure I was a student, saw me there. This part didn't bother me too much, but I felt like an imposter, because I didn't really belong to the school.
We had an informal community meeting about this, in a doorway.
The woman who was adamant we not clean up others' messes was asking me if I had? And I said no. And I asked if there was a janitor who cleaned them? The answer was "A bit". I was also asked about James going to the park on his own. I said that as long as my children knew my rules, what did it matter to anyone else?
It was decided that we would communally clean the toilets, in teams of 2, in case one person became too overwhelmed (by the smell)

My feeling on waking up from the dream was that it was about Rustle and that 2007 is the Year to Clean the Toilet.
I used to dream about toilets quite often, not so much now, but to me it generally represents cleansing. I don't ever remember dreaming about cleaning the toilet before though!

Turtle

I was at a meeting. We had to get to another part of the city for another meeting. They had provided us with animals to ride. The first girl down had taken the dog. Maybe it was a big dog. The animals all had these bib kind of things on that you could hold on to while you were riding them. Some animals were really too small. I tried to get on, but there was no way they could carry a human. There was a turtle there (that I wasn't going to choose because apparently time was a factor) but he was so cute, wearing these yellow shorts. I would have chosen him for the adorability factor.

I was also thinking about income tax.

I got to another meeting with James and we had to sit near the front as there weren't seats together. Pam and Steve were there. After the meeting we went upstairs to this upper room. Gerald was there. There was some sort of competition going on. Some people were upset.

Money

Al and I were paid up. There were these 2 girls who were not. On girl had long blonde hair with a flip in it. She wore an Oilers jersey. Shari pained a picture of her in the Oilers jersey.
She was talking to Al about the money situation. She said she needed to pay a doctor. Al said 'what are you thinking?' but you knew he was going to help her.

Then James came in and woke me up!

Gummy Scenery

There were these little scenes that were set up but they were made out of gummy scenery. I was at work and I was eating one, though I think it was supposed to be for someone else, but it was so good!

A guy with a ponytail came by my office. I was supposed to have a movie interview or something and I said to him something about I hadn't really put on anything for it. But I had put on lipstick. I didn't tell him that but I saw him look at my lips and he knew I wasn't telling the truth. My lips were so dry. I licked them. I hoped the lipstick would go away. The ponytail guy started to leave. I called after him,"See you at 10" but he looked doubtful. I did not think I would see him again.

(Edited to add:after I posted this, I checked my RMC email and my boss for the conference I'm supposed to start working on in January emailed and cancelled our 10am meeting tomorrow. He doesn't have a ponytail though. Funny!)

Showing the house

I was showing my house to a potential buyer. She came in the front door and looked quickly but was just about to leave. I really wanted to show her the back of the house. She was very reluctant. Something about her husband waiting or something. She left but she came back with her dog and her husband. He was sure he wanted a house in some hockey center and so wasn't interested in ours. I had a dog too and the 2 dogs seemed to get along. When she saw the back, she loved it. So did I. I didn't know it was so nice. In the new section of the house there was a bedroom with an ensuite as well as a kitchen with a view of plum trees.

There was a man who owned a store in the mall. We were trying to help him. Not sure what the problem was.

Deaf

I haven't been sleeping well being sick with a cold, so I haven't had many dreams, but this morning I seem to have had quite a few. I hope that means I'm better!

I had been travelling with some deaf people. We took them to a room that specialized in care of deaf people. There were 3 deaf people, one was a boy around 19 like Peter, there was an older man and woman. Maybe the boy's parents. The older ones needed less, but I was dropping off the boy and explained a bit what he liked to do. The man who was going to look after him stopped me before I left and asked how far he was in his schooling. I said that we were just passing through so it didn't really matter, but I did tell him a bit.

I was stopping by Marla's house. It was a big house. She was sleeping in one room, but it was barricaded by furniture. James was sleeping upstairs in another barricaded room. I just needed to go to the bathroom. The bathroom didn't have a handle on the one and and I had to walk around to another entrance.
Marla had 10 of my pens. She wanted to keep one. I was a bit taken aback.

I was taking a test. The other students had started early. They were pretty confident I would do well anyway. The room was L-shaped so the proctor couldn't see me. I wouldn't cheat anyway. I was sticking pieces of paper towel on some people's shoes.

Toronto

I took cough medecine before going to bed, not sure how that affects my dreams!

Dreamt I was in Toronto. I was doing some babysitting. The people were so nice, they were buying me new clothes. They were very generous, buying me outfits I liked. The last family chose the jacket for me and bought me a large size. I thought that was odd.

I was looking after 3 boys and trying to make them get along. I knew that they fought often but when I asked the one boy, he said it happened only once a day. I was trying to get the truth out of them. There didn't seem to be much hope, even though you would think it would be in their benefit to stop fighting.

However nice the Torontonians were, their driving was crazy! On Airport Rd. (which seemed to be a small road that went around the back of the airport) people kept crashing all the time. Every time I looked there was another crash. I was horrified, but then I realized there was no blood and looking closer, the people weren't getting hurt, they were doing it for thrills. It was a set up.

Daycare

I had dropped James off with a friend who was doing daycare. Then I went by James' regular daycare to find out if this was one of his days to be in.
The walk there was dark, it must have been early.
As I was walking by there were children in daycares already for the day, and it was so early.
At the daycare I asked if it was James' day and they had to go and check. It was a much bigger daycare that his RL daycare and they were changing diapers a lot.
I think after a long time, they did figure out that James WAS supposed to be there, so I went back to get him and we came back on this super slide. It was white and like a waterslide, but I don't recall there being water. We slid down. I think James was wearing sunglasses. It was fun. The end was really steep and we went straight down. It was a rush and we landed on our feet.

Dreams from St. Catharines trip

December 3

I was looking for my classroom. Biology. It was supposed to be in a complex with the classroom being E in D wing or D in E wing. There were a bunch of other people looking for another room. We were looking in the same place but neither successful. We had to walk up a large number of stone steps to a door that was at the top, though it was just an entrance. Then it went down. We all stopped in front to re-plan and then headed off it different directions. Evidently it was not the right door.

Kim was having was having problems with her course. She wanted to tell her teacher that she couldn't read the book assigned and couldn't do another assignment. Sorry.

After unsuccessfully looking for my classroom I was walking with some others talking about how important it is not to miss classes because it is important to know what's going on so that one can make a decision about what class to take.

This next part was probably inspired by the "Canada's worst Driver" Show:
I was biking and was stopped at a light. I was on the far left of the road. The sun was shining in my eyes and I didn't see it turn green. The car to my right may have waited for me for a second and then took off but by the time I realized it was green I didn't have time to get ready and go. Then the light was red again and the busy street was moving. My street wasn't so busy, which is why the light wasn't long. I don't think another car showed up beside me and we weren't sure how the light would trigger, but it did eventually change.

Dec 4
Going into Shoppers Drug Mart there was a long line up. I didn't know what it was for but I but I knew I didn't want it. I had to squeeze through the line which wasn't easy as people didn't want to move for me and I think I had a backpack on.
As I was getting by the line I heard the people at the front talking. It was something to do with diapers. Something about them not being up to expectations but the lady at the desk explained that they needed to be used for a certain size and they had not been using them correctly.

I was in my house with Kim when Janice showed up. She had heard about my problem. Maybe I was talking about it at Shoppers. Not sure how she heard. I started making dinner for her. Kim left. Janice stayed in the phone booth in my kitchen crying. It was hard to get the lights on. Some had their electrical circuitry burned out. There weren't a lot of lights. I got the ones on the dining room table on. Janice had the cheese in the phone booth. She came out of the booth and her eyes were very red.

Dec 6

Dreamt about a game where people had to kill other people to get ahead. I wasn't trying to kill other people, but I was playing. That would seem there was no way I would win.

Care

I have a few dreams written from the trip, but this was from last night:

James was in this daycare with a woman. It was like a private daycare that had Tara and A.J. in it. It was time for me to pick him up and I called and she had not even given him lunch yet. I was disappointed with the level of care and I thought to myself that now I need to find a new caregiver as well as a new job.
(I have a job meeting today where if we don't agree I might not have the job next year- off to prepare for it!)