I was having this bizarre-o dream last night and was pissed when I was awakened by my alarm short of finding out what in the world was going on.
Apparently I was driving down the interstate into downtown somewhere. It didn’t look like Nashville but I guess it could have been. I remember that I was barefoot for some reason. I was following a bunch of my friends who were also driving individually into town Swingers style. Eventually we pulled off the road so far from town that we had to walk up the exit ramp. By the time we made it completely off of the ramp I had determined that really needed to head back to my car to get my shoes as the rocks were killing my bare feet so I started booking it back to my vehicle but my friends continued on their journey into town. As a side note, these friends were not anybody I actually recognized; I just knew they were my friends.
Finally I made it back to the top of the ramp and started the long, arduous journey towards the big buildings. Something made me stroll into some old school building, a bit like Hume-Fogg or something. As I tried to walk quietly my shoes balked, echoing each foot fall to tremendous volumes. People began appearing all around me but not high school kids as I expected to see, but adults. Eventually I realized that I should not be in this building so like earlier I turned and began running for the door. Before I made the exit I was snatched up by some guy.
Apparently this guy was the assistant principal of the school. He asked me what it was I was doing in the school. The other adults were there for parent/teacher conferences and I did not have a child with me so I stuck out like a sore thumb. The assistant principal (AP) was very nice and cordial but informed me I would need to wait in the gymnasium to speak with the headmaster himself.
So I was herded into the gym where all of the other parents were seated at bar tables. In the middle of the gym was an enormous water tank, like from Sea World. Inside the tank was a very interesting creature. It was a sea monster like the one from this movie.
I was not shocked or anything to see such a large creature in a downtown high school. I decided to get up and walk over to the tank and take a picture of it with my camera phone but it wouldn’t turn out. The water was a bit too murky I guess.
After going back to my seat, ignoring stares from parents, the AP came back over to chat with me. He wanted to know why I was in this particular building and whatnot. I informed him that I was just looking for my buddies and for one reason or another I figured they had entered this building, which now I know to have been an incorrect assumption. At this moment I found it necessary to remove my wallet from my back pocket. My wallet was so enormous that it the middle of the tri-fold was a book that I was reading. The AP asked if I read a lot and I let him know that I never go anywhere without a book to read, just in case. He seemed impressed by this.
Then…well, at this point my stupid alarm clock went off and the dream was lost forever. I really want to know where this was all going. Okay, so all of you dream analyzers out there need to let me know what all of this means because you have to admit this was a strange one. Also, if you have any ideas as to what may happen next please feel free to let me know.
