From Newsgroup: alt.dreams

09:40 AM 5/18/2024
While I had an *early* start this morning, I also got an opportunity to take an
after-breakfast nap on the couch, and *that's* where all the whacky (as well as
orderly) things came in like a wave of dream after dream:

Starting with: The Frisky Kitten:
The dreamer was having fun with a particular little gray tabby kitten, the kind
that loves to get tickled and turn into a small claw-ball of fur wrapped around
the tickler's hand.

The dreamer would razzle the little fur ball around on the floor and let it go,
after a few moments, it would return and the cycle would start all over.

This went on at least 3 times before the dream ended, clarity 9+, as it was as enjoyable as if playing with an actual kitten, claws in hand and all, IRL.

NOTE: This *may* have referenced a Twitter (X) video I watched later in the morning regarding a baby lion cub trying to make a roar-sound (which sounded more like a human baby clearing its throat) which was absolutely *adorable.*

In another dream, the dreamer was in an outdoor area of about an acre in size, with a large pond in the middle, taking up most of the space, although there was
land around the sides of the pond.

This dream actually had something of a "pirates / zombies" type feel to it, tho
not of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" genre, more like something from D&D.

There was an area of terra firma (land you could stand on) in an area around the
middle of the pond, only it was just below water level: The idea was that if one were to stand on that spot, one could pull a lever that would affect something (such as drain the swamp/pond?) (I'm thinking this may have something
to do with the 2024 election cycle...?)

There was also some type of interference regarding zombie-skeletal-death-like figures that seemed to want to interfere with anyone pulling the lever. Clarity
7 (symbolic) to 8+.

In another interesting, basically "life-like" dream, the dreamer was observing a
mild rain (nearly a drizzle) out the west side of the dreamer's back door (like
as at 1103 Scottland) while there was *also* seen a view of the sun coming through the clouds (at around an hour before sunset on the western horizon) which prompted the dreamer to wonder just *how big* a rainbow was possibly visible in the east?

While IRL, the general procedure is to go look out the front door (facing east)
for some reason, the dreamer was only able to look up over (his|my) right shoulder (toward the north) and try to look eastward (via looking north)- The northernmost, descending arc of a rainbow was visible, indicating that it must have been *SOME HUGE* rainbow to have extended that high into the sky so as to be seen encompassing the northern-western area of the sky over the house! Clarity 10 to 10-, possibly 7, possibly 11. I *highly* suspect it has something
to do with Trump's ongoing success in the fraudulent "trial" ("witch hunt") being waged against him in New York City.

13:40 PM 5/18/2024, I had a bit of a break between *starting* this write-up (journal entry / post) this morning (at 9:40 AM) until this effort to conclude it (at 13:40 PM) and at the moment, I'm drawing a *complete blank* as to what "banquet hall" may have referenced, however, there is this other, far more memorable dream (involving a semi-tractor/trailer rig/truck 18-wheeler) so here
it is:

The dreamer is observing a path much like a road, only the road appears filled with white shells of some type, almost like shrimp shells. And not just scattered, but *filled* with this chaff / frass / detritus.

The stuff has no appearance of "filth" or anything "horrendous" about it, just that it forms a rather crunchy (white) path rather than a road.

There's an 18-wheeler traveling along the road, and it appears as if there's no
one driving it. Now sure, in today's world, it *may* have been a driverless 18-wheeler using the latest software to remotely pilot the rig, but in the dream, it was simply as if there was *no one* driving, and the vehicle appeared
to be crunching along the road/path as if headed towards destruction.

The road came to a T intersection, whereat the rig somehow ended up heading left, which concerned the dreamer, like as if the truck had been left alone, disaster may have been the result.

Somehow, the dreamer gets *into* the driver's (American, left) side of the cab,
and starts driving the vehicle directly (and no, I do not have my CDL IRL, however, I do have a chauffeur's endorsement.)

The dreamer (now driving the rig) comes almost directly to a type of Truck Stop
(one of those *large* island-type fuel, rest, relaxation, shower, restaurant-all-in-one locations) and begins "circling," looking for a place to *leave* the truck (at the side of the road) because A) the dreamer felt as if he'd only been "helping out in an emergency situation" and had no business driving a big rig, and B) the dreamer wanted to leave the situation as gracefully as possible, and if possible, escape without incurring any legal hassles regarding what he'd just done.

The idea was that if the dreamer could simply leave the vehicle parked, *then* someone could eventually figure out what to do with the rig (and any freight/cargo it may have been carrying.)

This is where the dream returns to "weird," as even the dreamer was having a bit
of *question* regarding what was going on:

The dreamer passed what was clearly a good stretch along the side of an off-road
(where he could've left the rig, if he'd had a better heads-up as to what was coming) but ended up driving past it, and had the intention of circling back around (if possible, as you may be aware, one simply does not just "turn around"
a big rig!) and using the right shoulder / grassy area to park the rig.

Only that's not what happened-

The dreamer/driver came into an area seen almost in miniature, compared to "life-sized scale," wherein there appeared to be a rectangular *pool area* (yes,
of water) where drivers simply pulled their rigs into the pool, whereupon the rigs laid down on the right side, and apparently the driver would then log the rig with an attendant in some manner.

Now at this point, I'm gonna make a type of interpretive assumption *in-line* with the posting of the dream, because it's the only way that any of this makes
sense:

*What IF* the dreamer "stepped into" the mind/body of a *very tired* OTR (Over The Road) driver who'd been hauling a load of frozen shrimp (or seafood) and the
driver had been very nearly to the point of exhaustion / sleep, such that the dreamer's mind was able to "take over" for a spell as to getting the truck in some manner "safely" off the road?

*What IF* when OTR drivers go to sleep at a truck stop, it's as if they've laid
their rigs (bodies) down to sleep (hence, the rigs being laid down in a pool of
water)?

At any rate, the dreamer felt compelled to pull the rig into the water along with the others, as at least it was being left in a manner consistent with other
rigs.

After doing so, the dreamer was met by an attendant (who resembled a younger version of myself) with a type of digital sign-in pad.

The dreamer indicated something (regarding the rig / load) on the pad (as if IRL
a trucker would sign in for a room for the night) and then "signed" the pad (just as sometimes you might sign a digital screen using a finger nail.) (The name / scribble of "Silk" is what the narrative mind of the dreamer perceived, although it *seemed* a bit different as it was scrawled onto the pad.)

At this point, the dream ended. Gonna say clarity 7 through 8+/9-.

Sorry, still no idea what the "banquet hall" reference was about.


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