Leaving on a Jet Plane

There are really only two things I remember from my dream last night. I swear, they are connected in my brain somehow. I just don't know how.

I had another dream about a bed. But this time, instead of sleeping in it, I was carrying it. A full bed. Through airport security. I made a bet with someone (no idea who) that I could take it through. Once again:

To see your bed in your dream represents your intimate self and discovery of your sexuality.

And on the airport part:

To see a busy airport in your dream signifies the desire for freedom, high ideals, ambition, and hopes. It is an indication that you are approaching a new departure in your life. Some new idea is taking off or is ready to take off. You may be experiencing a new relationship, new career path or new adventure.

I'm pretty sure the definition of bet here has a casino in mind, rather than a "I bet I can do this," "I bet you can't" type of bet. But for the sake of curiosity....

To dream that you are making a bet suggests that you are taking a risk in a relationship or work situation which may not be such a wise choice. Use your judgment and proceed cautiously.

I thought I'd look up other elements of this dream, I'm curious to know if the details I remember actually represent something, or are just there randomly. The airport security was at the bottom of a very long escalator.

To see an escalator in your dream, indicates movement between various levels of consciousness. If you are moving up in the escalator, then it suggests that you are addressing and confronting emotional issues. You are moving through your spiritual journey with great progress and ease. If you are going down the escalator, then it implies repression and descent back into your unconscious. It may be indication of a setback.

The other thing I remember is having a confrontation with someone. I can't remember what she said, but I do remember it was pretty nasty, and all I said after was, "I don't know what to say to that." And that was it.

To dream that you are arguing suggests that you are trying to resolve some internal conflict or some unsettled issue in your waking life. Consider the symbolism of whom you are arguing with and what you are arguing about. How does he or she reflect some person or some aspect of yourself in your waking life?

To dream that someone is being mean to you, suggests that you are being too hard on yourself. You need to give yourself a break. Alternatively, the dream may be a metaphor that you are looking for "meaning" or significance to some life issue.

So not as bizarre as carrying a bed through security, but it was the only other part I remember. I wonder if I should make note that this happened in my childhood home? It seems most of my dreams, or at least the ones I remember, take place there. This time I was in the family room. I recognized it from the wooden beams across the ceiling. I actually forgot they were even there. Anyway, we were in the family room, and doing something, but I can't remember what, and then she left for a date. And I think she was going to a park in Amsterdam? Can't remember exactly where.

This dream actually makes some sense, or at least the second part. The woman I was arguing with is actually someone I know, and I can see how, as the dream dictionary suggests, she represents an aspect of my life. There is a bit of an 'internal struggle', and it's been on my mind, much more in the past week than it's been before. I think in some respects my dreams are beginning to reflect that, or maybe I'm reading into them too much and they are just dreams.

All definitions are from Dream Moods.

Enter Sandman

I chose the title for this post for 2 reasons. First, because a lot of this dream was me trying to sleep. And second, because two days ago the Yankees won the Pennant and Rivera got the save. Now, on to the dream.

I dreamed about some kind of camp last night, where I was one of the counselors.

To see a counselor or dream that you are one suggests that you are seeking for some support and direction in your life. Pay important attention to what the counselor is saying and/or doing. Your dream is trying to convey a message that you need to think about and possibly act upon.

I didn't recognize where the camp was, but I knew I was in my parents' old home again. Although it didn't look much like it. I was also sharing a room with my sister, and for a good portion of my dream, we were in the bedroom.

To dream that you are in the bedroom signifies aspects of your self that you keep private. It is also indicative of your sexual nature and intimate relations.

Most of the time we were sleeping. Actually, she was sleeping, and I was trying to sleep.

To dream that you are sleeping denotes peace of mind. Alternatively, it may also mean that you are ignorant and not fully aware of the conditions and circumstances around you.

To see others sleeping is often a reflection of yourself and your own unconscious mind. It is indicative of how you may not be alert or informed about a particular situation.

Sleeping may also be synonymous with death in that it beckons renewal and new beginnings.

At one point in the dream, my sister and I were sitting on my parent's bed (in the old house), and a hippo and another animal (I can't remember what it was now. I think a giraffe, but I'm not sure) walk into the room, asking us to do something. That's right, I was talking to animals. I can't remember what it was now they wanted us to do (I think maybe go out?), but when we didn't want to do it, the hippo jumped on the bed, kind of like a dog, and kept begging "please, please!" Also, the hippo resembled more the toy from Hungry Hungry Hippo than it did an actual hippo.

To see a hippopotamus in your dream symbolizes your aggressive nature and your hidden strengths. You have more influence and power than you realize. Alternatively, it indicates that you are being territorial. Perhaps someone is overstepping their boundaries.

More on animals in dreams:

To see animals in your dream, represents your own physical characteristic, primitive desires, and sexual nature, depending on the qualities of the particular animal. Animals symbolizes the untamed and uncivilized aspects of yourself.

To dream that animals can talk, represents superior knowledge. Its message is often some form of wisdom. Alternatively, a talking animal denotes your potential to be all that you can be.

Too bad I can't remember what the hippo was asking me to do, since it is apparently some wise advice.

I've never had dreams in my childhood home growing up, and now it seems many of my dreams are there. Or at least elements of the house are there. It is also possible that I just never noticed it before.

All definitions are from Dream Moods.

Hold On

Anyone that knows me knows I love lobster. In fact I just had some about a week ago. But I've never dreamt about one. I can't remember a lot about the dreams - I know if you don't recall your dream within about 5 minutes you forget almost all of it - but I do remember that I kept feeling the back of my head and thinking there was a knot or something in my hair, and it turns out, it was a lobster. Well, half of a lobster. The tail was missing. I thought it was dead, but when I finally tried to remove it, it pinched my thumbs with it's claws. And I tried pulling the claws off and they wouldn't come off. And at some point around there the dream ended or I woke up, not really sure which.

So, I guess breaking this down, the first thing I noticed was my hair:

To see hair in your dream, signifies sexual virility, seduction, sensuality, vanity, and health. It is indicative of your attitudes. If your hair is knotted or tangled, then it is symbolic of uncertainty and confusion in your life. You may be unable to think straight.

And then the lobster, in my hair:

To see a lobster in your dream, represents strength and persistence. You will hold your own ground and overcome minor difficulties and problems.

So, there is strength and persistence - the lobster - in the uncertainty and confusion of my life - my knotted hair. There was an element of shock when I realized there was a lobster on my head. I wish I remember how it got there.

I wonder what it means that the lobster was attacking me, and I was trying to destroy it - literally rip it apart.

All definitions come from the website Dream Moods.

Smoke on the Water

I didn't sleep too much the other night. I stayed up to watch game 2 Yankees/Angels go past the 5 hour mark. So I don't remember much about my dreams. But I do remember one, that I had over and over again. Like a recurring dream that kept starting over. The main element of the dream, showers, is also something I've dreamed of before.

The entire dream was me going to take a shower. And as soon as I was done, it would start over again. I also never took the shower in my own place. I would walk across the hall and use my neighbor's shower. And her shower was in the middle of the apartment, so I would always shower with my clothes on.

To dream that you are taking a shower in clear, fresh water, symbolizes spiritual or physical renewal and forgiveness. You are washing the burdens out of your life.

To dream that you (or someone) is showering with their clothes on suggests that even though you (or someone) may change your outer appearances, it does not change who you are on the inside. Alternatively, your dream may indicate that you are unwilling to let your guard down. You are still keeping up a protective barrier between you and others.

All definitions come from the website Dream Moods.

White Wedding

My friend got married in my dream last night. The interesting thing is that she's been married for several year (and just had her first child) and I wasn't at the wedding because I was in Australia attending graduate school. Not only did she get married, but I (along with all my female cousins and female cousin-in-laws) were in her wedding party. Hmmm....

To see a wedding in your dream symbolizes a new beginning or transition in your current life. It reflects your issues about commitment and independence. Alternatively, your wedding dream refers to feelings of bitterness, sorrow, or death. Such dreams are often negative and highlight some anxiety or fear.

I don't know if color really signifies anything, but just in case - we were wearing purple. A lot of purple. Purple (um, ugly) dresses, with purple hats, complete with those nets women had on their hats years ago to cover their faces, in purple.

Purple is indicative of devotion, healing abilities, loving, kindness, and compassion. It is also the color of royalty, high rank, and dignity.

I also had problems because there were no shoes for me, none of them fit. There were three pairs in a plastic garbage bag, one of which was a pair of flip-flops (made me think that if I ever get married I should wear flip-flops). And then a whole bag of shoes that we couldn't wear. For insurance reasons. Insurance reasons??? I ended up barefoot.

In general, shoes represent your approach to life. It suggests that you are well-grounded or that you are down to earth. It also represents your convictions about your beliefs.

To dream that you are wearing inappropriate shoes for the activity at hand denotes that your progress and path in life will be laborious and ill-prepared. It may also indicate that you are heading on the wrong direction and need to reevaluate your goals.

To dream that you are not wearing any shoes, signifies that you have low self-esteem and a lack of confidence in yourself. You may be dealing with issues concerning your self-identity. It also indicates poverty, lack of mobility, or misunderstanding. Alternatively, it represents your playful attitudes and relaxed, carefree frame of mind. You have a firm grasp and good understanding on a situation. If you dream that you lose your shoes, then it suggests that you may be searching for your identity and finding/exploring who you are.

Getting to the ceremony from the shoe room, my friend rode a donkey and I rode a horse.

To see a donkey in your dream represents your stubbornness and unyielding personality. You are overbearing and unwilling to cooperate with others. The donkey also symbolize menial work. You may be feeling overburdened or stressed.

To see a horse in your dream, symbolizes strength, power, endurance, virility and sexual prowess. It also represents a strong, physical energy. You need to tame the wild forces.

To dream that you go horseback riding indicates that you are in a high position or in a position of power. You possess confidence in your ability. Alternatively, it suggests that you will achieve success through underhanded means. You lack integrity.

Um, ouch.

We had to stop on the way at this remote store, which I think was an old gourmet food shop I used to go to all the time when I was growing up, because my friend wasn't feeling well because she was pregnant and couldn't make it all the way to the ceremony without a bathroom break.

To dream that you are pregnant symbolizes an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that is growing and developing. You may not be ready to talk about it or act on it. This may also represent the birth of a new idea, direction, project or goal.

And then I woke up. I should do a little more investigating on these dreams I think. Basically I just look up some of the broader elements I remember from my dreams, not really all the details (like the fact that the shoes I could not wear were leopard print - does that actually mean anything, other than I'm subconsciously stuck in the '80's?), but what does it mean when many of these elements were not actually on or happening to me in my dream? Like the wedding, or the pregnancy, or the donkey? Most of the definitions I find assume that I'm the one getting married, or I'm the one riding the donkey or having the baby.

Also, analyzing this dream changed it from a pretty funny dream to a pretty depressing dream.

All definitions come from the website Dream Moods.

Bullet with Butterfly Wings

Another intriguing dream last night. This is the second time in a week I've had a dream that took place at my parent's old house. That's so unusual for me. Here's the general break down.

To refresh on what seeing your childhood home means...

...to see your childhood home, your hometown, or a home that you previously lived in, indicates your own desires for building a family. It also reflects aspects of yourself that were prominent or developed during the time you lived in that home. You may experience some feelings or unfinished expression of emotions that are now being triggered by a waking situation.

I was waiting for a delivery of flowers. Not a bouquet, but lots of potted flowers. I think this just might be spill-over from the real world, since this is actually what my mom does for a living (except she delivers grass, but essentially it's the same). Nonetheless...

To see colorful flowers in your dream signify kindness, compassion, gentleness, pleasure, beauty, and gain. It is also symbolic of perfection and spirituality.

To dream that you recieve a bouquet of flowers represents respect, approval, admiration, and rewards.

I think what they were describing did not really match what I was seeing, so then I looked up plants:

To see plants in your dream indicate fertility, spiritual development, growth or the potential for growth. Alternatively, the appearance of plants in your dreams reflect your caring and loving nature. In particular, to see indoor plants in your dream suggest that your growth is being hindered or slowed in some way. Your are experiencing a lack of independence. Alternatively, the dream may signify your desire to be closer to nature.

I couldn't find a definition for delivery, so here is what they say about mail:

To dream that you receive mail indicates that you need to communicate or re-establish contact with someone from your present/past. It may also represent messages from your unconscious or intuition.

When the flowers came (actually, when the wrong flowers came - there were really 2 deliveries in this dream), the person delivering the flowers was a neighbor (no one in particular, but I knew she was a neighbor) and riding a bicycle:

To see a bicycle in your dream indicates that you need to devote time to leisurely pursuits and recreation.

To dream of having a good neighbor signifies enjoyment and tranquility at home.

My mom was somewhere in this dream, I think waiting with me for the flowers:

To see your mother in your dream represents the nurturing aspect of your own character.

To dream that you are having a conversation with your mother denotes a matter that has preoccupied your mind and you are not sure how to deal with it in your waking life. It indicates unresolved problems that still need to be worked out with your mother.

When the (correct) flowers were delivered, someone started shooting a machine gun. I suppose the delivery was just a diversion?

To dream that someone is shooting you with a gun suggests that you are experiencing some confrontation in your waking life. You may feel victimized in some situation.

This all took place at my parent's old house, on their old street. But at a different place on the street. The street I grew up on was a big loop, with no outlet. It wasn't quiet a dead end. In the dream, the street was now a dead end, and the house was right at the end of it. I couldn't find anything for dead-end, but this is what they say about seeing a road and street:

To see a road in your dream indicates your sense of direction and pursuit of your goals.

To see a street in your dream symbolizes your life's path. The condition of the street reflects how much control you have over the direction of your life.

So, does a dead-end street mean I have no control of my life?

All dream definitions come from the website Dream Moods.