Friends and Ends

(Sooooo sorry I haven't posted in a while...I just moved into a new apartment with my mom and it's been quite hectic!)
I'm in a big room of a building or someone's house and I'm sitting on a cushioned bench. I think I'm at a party, and it's someone I know well because all the guests are people I'm familiar with, even some of my relatives (who don't live here in Minnesota). A group of people come in, including my aunt's (on my dad's side) family and my old friend Sophie (also in Water Parks and In the Dark..check it out if you haven't), and Julia. Well, my cousin Miriam keeps switching from herself to Julia, so I guess she's the same person. The whole character, I guess, is supposed to be based on Julia because she and Sophie are talking and whispering like they're best friends. Then I see Sophie look at me, and she starts walking toward me. Not wanting to get into any kind of awkward conversation with her, I pretend I have to use the bathroom, and get up and head in that direction. I never know what she does next. Then, I'm on a dark street (I think it's pretty early in the morning) where a lot of vehicles are (cars, trucks, buses, etc.). There's a small school bus that is supposed to be mine. I mean it's really small; there are only a few rows of seats. I get on and take a seat next to a classmate from real life and her sister. That's all I remember.

Meaning- Dreaming of an old friend could be nostalgia of the times had and how much you miss them. Having them try to communicate with you could be symbolizing re-connection and reconciliation. Hiding from them tells you you're not ready to reconnect, being afraid of the awkwardness. Family symbolizes love, respect, and trust. Buses symbolize journeys and 'taking a new road' or 'going down another road.' With darkness mixed in, however, it may be telling you the road ahead of you may have some obstacles and risks.

Cats and Spats

You know how sometimes you don't have big long dreams, but sort of a bunch of clips of dreams in a night? That's what I had. And they mostly were in the cat shelter where I volunteer. A bunch of things happened. In one, we're telling this new volunteer there's money outside, to play a prank, I guess. Then we start telling everyone that, and I guess everyone ends up outside. In another, we're talking to this one girl about something, and asking her to do something that involved saying something that wasn't true. After she did so she realized she was telling a lie. She comes back to us and says, 'I've figured out the one adjective to describe me!' We ask what it was. Her face gets hard and she says, 'A lying b---h.' (Yes, I know that's not an adjective. This is a dream; nothing makes sense.)
My last dream wasn't in a shelter. I'm at this dinner party or some party where there was food, and it's very formal, and the food is all pretty fancy. I don't want to be there. I'm with some friends, though. We go through the line and check out the food items and see if there's anything we're able to eat. I get various types of salad and then I woke up.

Meaning- Cats represent mystery and creativity. Being in a place I know sets the tone; there's lots of light, which symbolizes ideas and inspiration, but it's also pretty small as well, which is crowding. Telling someone to lie either reflects something I've already done or I'm about to do (which I'm not!). And being at a fancy dinner party is basically showing me what I would think of it if I went to a formal party in real life.

(The shelter)

Walking and Stalking

I'm in this big business room or something with 2 other people (unrecognizable), which has a big table in it. I'm sitting on the table and walking up and down it talking about stuff, and the 2 other guys are saying stuff and agreeing with me or something. In our jumbled words I can make out some of the words to 'Reaction' by Alex Gaudino and Jerma..just 'positive reaction', mostly. Then there are more people in there; the 'freaks' from Freaks and Geeks, I think, and we're saying we shouldn't be in the room at all and we should go to the people's (who own the room) house and apologize. It's a small house on a hill. Me and this other girl go up to the doors, which are double, and try to open it, and knock, and try to get in, but it looks like we can't. So we decide to go around to the back door, which we have to go around the hill to do. This whole time, we're changing into all these different people at once. The other person is a guy now, and flipping and jumping down the hill. Then the hill is covered with a giant sheet and looks like a bed. So we have to go under the sheet and try to find the back door. As I go, I'm counting my steps, each one a tenth of a centimeter. The other person, now a different guy, gets bored and wants to bag the whole idea, but I want to continue. He gets mad and goes back out.

Meaning- The table in the dream was kind of cluttered with papers and things, so it may be saying I should be more organized, or clean up something I've done wrong. Being on top of a hill symbolizes success (which is weird, because I just got the news from the marine sea lab program I registered for this summer: I didn't get in). Being covered by a giant sheet may mean I want to keep a secret, or I've done something wrong. Continuing on my way and plans may mean that I should never give up and keep focusing on the journey in front of me.

Stalker and Water

Like in 'Pretty Little Liars', I'm being sent anonymous text messages and notes everywhere unsigned. I go into a cafe or something. It has flashing lights and tables with not a lot of people in it. My dad works there, apparently. I go back but then return, where the tables are now in a circle and everyone is gone. However, the lights are still flashing. Later, I'm at a party or some get-together or meeting or whatever, and I find a long note on a bulletin board, or white board or some display board. There are 2 or 3 other people with me reading it, and apparently they know about the notes I've been getting, because one of them says, "I know who wrote this!" The note seemed to be a bunch of jumbled words. The last letter of each line, when you unscrambled them, read the last name of one of my old friends: SUHADOLNIK (my old friend Whitney's last name). The other person says, "It's Whitney!" or something.
Later, a bunch of people and I are at a small creek or stream or something doing stuff, and we see the back of a big creature or 2 coming up out of the water. We think they're whales, so we jump out and watch. They are not whales but some kind of no-faced creature, 2 of them. They looked gray in the water, but seem to be whitish now. We all start running away down a path, but the creatures don't seem to cause harm (I guess because they don't have eyes).

Meaning- The ex-friend stalking idea may reflect on interests of my old friend (when she got hooked on a character or celebrity she tried to be them and focused on them). It also may imply that if you drift away from an old friend the unexpected can happen. The cafe/restaurant represents nourishment and being social. The flashing lights may symbolize inspiration and ideas. The tables in a circle may be instincts telling me to 'pull myself together' and maybe to be more organized (which I am not). The strange creatures may be foretelling a strange experience or encounter with someone/something new.

Packing and Talking

This dream is from yesterday:
I'm in my room at my dad's house, but things in it look different. I'm in there with some people, some I recognize, some I don't. We're in there, apparently not wanting to be, because we're all talking about running away. I'm looking around and thinking about things I want to bring with me, if there's anything. I see a red shoulder bag at the head of the bed, and ask a girl who's there to get it for me. I look around for other things. I wonder what shoes I should wear. I have on black suede ankle boots with a longer heel, and I wonder if it's the best idea to wear them. Then I see people squeezing through the space between the wall and the bed, and then climbing out the window. I try to get through, but the space is very small. Eventually I get through. When I get to the window, everyone--or almost everyone--is down there.

Meaning- Trying to run away in a dream maybe means I want to get away from something in real life. Crawling through a small space may mean there are amazing and difficult things we can do.

Nice School and Ice Pool

Some of my classmates and I are going to this school for part of the day during class. I can't remember if we're cutting, or allowed in there, but we go in these double doors down the hall to an English classroom. The school is very small; it could be someone's house, probably. And we're there because we heard it's super easy and you don't have to do much. So a few people and I go into the classroom and sit down. No one notices us; not even the instructor. Everyone is on their phones texting or doing some app or game. And the teacher is entirely oblivious; either she's not looking or she doesn't care.

Then I'm in a locker room or somewhere and the ground is all ice. So there are a bunch of people in there ice-skating, and I am too. Everyone is trying to do different moves and tricks but all the lockers and stuff are in the way. I see myself try a Salchow, but my foot almost hits a locker and messes up my entrance.

Meaning- Being in a classroom symbolizes education and learning, but the whole texting in class idea probably was reflecting times when I saw that happening in class in real life. It also might have told me that students in the world were getting a bad education due to the teachers not paying attention to their students. Lockers mean hiding something: secrets, truths, lies. Ice on the floor may represent lack of caution, but also fun.

(Ignore the chairs; the classroom looked like this)

(Now pretend there's ice on the floor)