Strange, But Interesting

I was going to wait until later to post but I can’t because I’m afraid I’ll forget the details. I had dream (no pun intended with regard to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) last night that was really weird and I’m hoping someone can help me interpret it. I’m going to try to be as specific as possible, so please bear with me.

It started with me in a large auditorium in a pre-school, I think it was. All the children of the school were in the auditorium just sitting quietly. Then, the cook from the movie “Matilda” – an old, haggy, cranky woman – came into the auditorium pulling huge carts with all the children’s lunches in them. I decided to let her serve the kids their lunch and I would stay out of the way so I walked to the back of the auditorium and sat on the floor against the back of the last row of seats. Behind me was a closed door leading to the rest of the school. I sat there for a few minutes when the cook came and sat down on the floor beside me; but she had her hands covering her face, the way someone who was stressed and frustrated might be.

I asked her if there was a problem and she just shook her head and said she’d be fine. As she uncovered her face I noticed that she wasn’t as old as I’d originally thought. I was awed, and I asked her how old she was. She said she was 23. I was totally shocked and told her that she’d looked older than I am (I’m 43) when I first saw her. Once she de-stressed she looked her age again; it was amazing. Then I asked her what her name was (mind you, I’ve heard names in my dreams before, but never first and last names.) and she said, “Amanda Pitt.” (I remember it as clearly as if she was sitting here talking to me right now.) So I asked her if she was any relation to Brad Pitt – she wasn’t – and we had a short discussion on the merits of being related to a celebrity. From behind me I heard a voice and there was another young girl – I saw her face clearly but don’t know her name – sitting on the floor in the doorway. The door was now open and the hallway lights were on behind her. She joined our discussion of celebrity relationships which only lasted another few seconds.

Suddenly the room I was in was no longer an auditorium. I couldn’t tell if it was a large office or a tiered college lecture hall. You’ve seen those types of rooms; the professor stands down front and the desks are in rows that level up in tiers. That’s the best way I can describe the room I was in, though – it was exactly like a tiered college lecture hall only the desks were the size of office desks. Anyway, the dark walls of what used to be the auditorium were now a HUGE panoramic window that went down the left side of this new room and across the entire front of it.

I looked out the window to my left and saw the strangest vehicle I’ve ever seen in my life. The picture I’ve posted here gives you an idea of what the vehicle looked like – the drawing is really remedial so give me a break on that, please and thanks. It was a bright green, dome-shaped vehicle that was only slightly wider than an average person is wide at the shoulders. It was made of steel, as any car would be, but the top wasn’t flat like it is in my drawing, it was rounded side to side – no sharp edges. The shield you see on the vehicle had an emblem of a knight on a horse (I’ve never seen a shield like that but it was there in my dream.). It was just driving up the street toward an intersection. I commented that, “That is the weirdest car I’ve ever seen in my life” as it passed the window. The other 50-or-so adults who were now in the room with me (I don’t know what happened to all the children, this is a dream) and I all watched this little “car” drive to the stoplight. It stopped and turned around and the shield actually slid around the car and ended up on the other end. I can only figure that, when it moved, it uncovered a window on the other end of the vehicle so the driver would be able to see from that side of the car. I don’t know; it happens in dreams.

So the car continued heading back down the road toward the front of the window where I suddenly saw hundreds of people all dressed in bright green Renaissance garb running across a huge lawn. The green was the same color as the car and the same color as the lawn. The lawn and the costumes were so green that they blended together and I almost didn’t realize there was a lawn. Anyway, these people were putting on some kind of Renaissance performance (I couldn’t see an audience other than the people in the room with me) and they were all running from my left to my right. Just then, I commented, “Wow, a sea of green.” I paused and then said, “My friend Rakefet would totally love this!” Now, Rakefet does exist, and she is my friend, but I have absolutely no clue whether she likes Renaissance stuff or not. Go figure.

Right after I said it, I heard someone behind me stand up, so I turned. It was Rakefet. She said, “This is the most awesome thing I’ve ever seen.” I smiled at her and turned back toward the window. It was then that I noticed that the lawn was actually a bank of a huge river and that, aside from the hundreds of bright-green-clad people running on the lawn, there were hundreds more jumping into the river (as part of the performance) and just floating downstream with the strong river current. It was literally green, green, and more green. I couldn’t believe my eyes but I felt very calm and happy while I watched this scene; and, pretty much, felt calm and happy through the entire dream. As I watched the people on the lawn and in the river, the dream faded and I was awake. I stayed in bed for a few minutes while I digested and remembered the dream so I could make sure I got all the details correct.

I’ve looked up different aspects from the dream on dreammoods.com and have gotten lots of information. I looked up green, Renaissance, pre-school, college, people, stranger, friend, river, lawn, knight, auditorium, children, and door. All of them have very positive meanings and suggest that I’m headed in the right direction to get all that I want and need. I can’t figure out what the space-age car means, and I don’t know the significance of getting the girl’s first and last names. I also don’t know how to tie everything together, or even if it’s all meant to be tied together. Maybe one of you can help me with that.

I told you last night I’d have something more interesting to discuss today; and I believe I’ve achieved that goal. If I remember something else about the dream, or if I figure out any more of the clues, I’ll let you know. Until I hear anything different, though, I’m going to figure that I’m moving in the right direction in my life, and I will take comfort that I’m on the verge of achieving my dream goals. I can’t wait.

Until next time…peace to all.