non-lucid

I had gotten my hair done because it was New Year's Eve and I was going out with a friend. I walked into the ballroom and saw Betty White and my aunt, Laura (she's 86 and lives in another state) - she's been on my mind b/c I haven't seen her in a couple of years and I'm going to go this summer at the very latest - I went to Laura, hugged her and asked her what she was doing there. Then, I saw Mom, started to cry fairly hard as I was walking to her because I knew I was dreaming b/c I've been RCing with my parents and my sisters. I woke up before I got to her...and was so disappointed b/c I want to see my parents (who have both passed away in the last few years) in my LDs, I tried to lie still and go back into the dream but I moved and couldn't go back to sleep right away. All three ladies were in floor length gowns and all three looked very pretty. In WL, my mother died three Christmases (two days before) ago and she died from cancer and weighed 90 lbs. and was frail and in pain when she died so I have these horrible memories and I can't hardly remember all the good years - I totally enjoyed my parents. So, even if it was for just a short second, she looked beautiful and healthy and I'm grateful to have seen that.

I'm in a house with several young guys in their 20s and 30s - I think they're my cousins. All are good looking and have lots of money. I change into a bathing suit and miss my younger body! My sisters and a couple of nieces are there. Then, I'm driving down the street and I see a big, plastic oven for sale for $17 - I forget who wants one - I think my sister Kathy, so I pull over and go in - it's the same house I was in in the beginning of the dream with the same guys. I tell them I'd like to buy the oven. I didn't bring any money in because I didn't really think they'd make me pay but no one says that so I say I'll go get the money and I'll be right back. I go outside and my white car is down the street. I wonder why it's so far away.

I'm in a small house trying to get the address for Mizzou (University of Missouri which I have no connection to). I think their colors are red and blue (I just checked - wrong). A guy is telling me about what the penalty points are for drinking, etc. I assure him I won't be getting into any trouble. My sister is there and I need the address. My aunt keeps asking questions. I'm getting impatient thinking now I'll have to drive after dark (which I don't like to do in WL). I finally go into the refrigerator to get the address myself. I keep telling them I need the password (for what?). My sister tells me they wrote it down. My mother is in the kitchen.

I'm out front pulling weeds and pulling pretty big sticks out of the yard with a rake and there are three long big ones that I pull and then realize it was a tree. I think, "oh well, there's not much of a root system there" and drag it to the curb with the rest of the stuff.

There was snow in the yard and I was throwing snowballs (one of my cat's name in WL is Snowball) at the kids. There's snow on the ground but I'm not cold. Too bad that didn't make me wonder and go lucid!!

I'm in an upstairs window watching all of the kids in costume from the play go by. They're going to dinner. I'm alone in my robe. I see one of the girls notice me but I continue to look beyond her. I have a semi-smile on my face and don't want her to feel badly because I'm alone. They all look so pretty. I think it's a lot of Disney characters like Snow White and Cinderella.

I'm going to a car at the bottom of the hill covered with snow. I take a few steps and then lean back on my heels and ski the rest of the way - it was fun. Now I'm going to tell my husband because I'm proud I could ski.

There are girls waiting saying the teacher left without them. I ask them what time they were supposed to meet him and they say, "7:10". I look at my watch and it says 7:15 and I think to myself, hmmm five minutes is five minutes.

A family is staying with us and I see the father grab and pull the boy's (10 -12 y/o) hair and then the boy grabs the baby's (1 y/o) hair and I say sternly to both of them, "let go!" They do. I tell them that this is unacceptable behavior. I ground one of them and I forget what I do to the other and then I tell them we have to get family counseling for them.

All NLs: I'm watching a tractor start to pull a house (a high school friend's house) and a guy from the paper I used to work with is there. There are men sitting in rockers on the 2nd story of this house and I ask what in the world they are doing. George says they're watching the animals (opossums sp? and raccoons) come out from under the house and then try to hit them with the house and when they do, the men hoot and holler. (Good gracious, where do I come up with this stuff?) I see several swinging chairs on the 2nd floor balcony which I think I'd like to have before they demolish this house. I go running towards the house to stop them from hurting the animals that are starting to come out from under the house. That's all I remember from that one.

I am driving a car and the boss's wife is in the car next to me with the boss driving and his wife is standing up in their convertible and I'm supposed to do that but I think it's stupid and dangerous (while the car is driving down the highway) and I won't do it.

My husband and I are trying to get away (from what I have no idea) and we're running behind houses. There's a helicopter with lights chasing us. My husband gets caught and I watch where he goes and I run to get help. I hug a lady I used to work with and another old friend is there but they don't seem to be moving or doing anything to help us. I see a HUGE, beautiful snowy owl on a front porch. It was so beautiful I stopped for a moment to admire it. He was at least 3' x 3' and filled up the small porch. I was starting to contemplate the massive size but as I was considering this I knew I had to leave to help my husband.

I am trying to suck up the good (yellow) people (angels?) in a machine and I'm trying to repel the bad (pink) people. We are playing softball and one of my sisters says I'm terrible (I am) and the other team has won many tournaments so I'm not that worried about it. We live in a stilt house sticking out of the water. I don't believe these people in the house killed a man because they didn't have time to get rid of a body. I was dating someone and he left and I didn't care. W H A T?

10/4/2014 I am on a road on a seat cushion and trying to get away from a snake. I get up and I happen to have an oven mitt but he keeps lunging at me. I am scared and say to myself, "It's only a dream" and my eyes instantly pop open and I'm awake.

Can I call this non-lucid and then lucid for a fragment of a second? LOL.

10/31/2014 I get a heart ring custom made and when I pick it up, the heart is perpendicular to the ring and I think, "Dingbat, I didn't think I had to specify that part!"

10-3-2014 Mom and I were at an old boss' Christmas party on a big boat. We went into the spa and there were three huge hot tubs. Mom got in the middle one and I turned on the jets for her. There were several other girls (I didn't know them) and they came in wrapped in their towels. I was in there for hours because I knew she (Mom) had only weeks or months to live and I wanted to spend every minute with her that I could. (Waking Life: Mom died December 22, 2011). Then the maids came in and Mom got out. I needed to call someone from the party to come get us and take us to the party.

10/13/2014 I am putting together a croquet set and I'm donating a third TV to work.

A friend of mine in waking life is a ballerina but she's only about 8" tall so I bend down to pick her up and carry her in my arms and I say, You look so pretty, twirling." I am so happy she let me pick her up. We are going to go to lunch at work and I tell her that her smile is the same gorgeous smile I remember.