Extra Lives

[This is the most full night of dreaming I've had in a long while. Yaya!]

1. I'm heading for some sort of mountain retreat, which will include time in nature as well as some paintball. Before the trek up the mountain, however, we are required to learn how to fly. That's right! I am in a beautiful, low-lying pond, a couple feet deep. The water is clear, there are rocks all around to rest on, and the forest and mountains climb up on all sides. The reason we can't fly, I learn in my dream, is that we don't believe it is possible. But once we break that belief, it's as easy as just jumping and willing yourself to stay in the air. So I jump and I fall to the earth again. Then I use my arms and this time I stay up, and after that I don't have to do anything except will myself to float and move forward and backward. I can stop on a dime. It's amazing. I practice with some of the guys in the area. We float toward each other and stop as soon as we are about to collide. It was so fun!

Then I'm looking in the water and I see little smooth rocks, and some change, and a single car key. I go to pick up the car key, and underneath is a piece of paper with the name Camila on it, and I look around and say, "I wish Camila was here." And a girl next to me said, "You mean Jamila?", and I was confused how I forgot my friend's name, but just figured I misread the piece of paper or something.
Then I find myself in Cafe Monet sitting down at a table. The girl who works asks me if I'll be painting, and I say no. I'm just sitting at the table looking at this beautiful piece of pottery that Camila made. It has her name on the lid and the colors inside and out are beautiful swirls and dabs of blues and oranges and yellows.
Then some Arab children came by and I started to speak Arabic with them, but I kept messing up and inserting Spanish words (like saying 'y' instead of 'و' for 'and'). Their mother is behind me, and we have some small talk.

Then I'm hanging out with my sister (which one??) and her boyfriend and the guy's mom. We're sitting on a couch watching TV. The woman is cool, but I don't like the boyfriend. He and I go outside and he starts giving me some attitude, and I'm explaining that I don't want him around my sister. Then I woke up.

2. [This one is more spotty due to not waking up from it as quickly.] I was in a house finding secret passages. It was like a video game. I had to be sneaky, but I'm not 100% why. People were outside with dogs and guns and I think even a llama at one point (I saw them thru the window). Eventually, I leave the house and try to make a run for the river, but these dogs have good noses and they start barking and everyone runs after me. But when the dog gets to me, I just pet him and he becomes friendly. Then I realize there is something about my touch that calms people and animals. So everyone that was chasing me started walking with me, and I felt really good about being able to help relax people.