In a home with strangers

 I just woke up relieved that this was a dream!  I had some kind of arrangement with a family of strangers to use their front room to study.  I don't remember what I was studying or how old I was in this dream.  The arrangement was to just let myself in any time.  I arrived in the evening and the room was dark.  I tried to turn on the light but it didn't work.  The owner of the house came and fixed it and got it working.  I opened my binder and got to work.  It was a little chilly so I  grabbed a blanket from the back of the couch.  I dozed off somehow and when I woke up, my pants were gone!  I looked all over the room and they were no where to be found.  It appeared that there was a basket of clean clothes in front of me but all the pants were in kid sizes.  I was so confused!  It's not like I had been violated or anything, I just didn't have pants.  I had planned to look in the laundry room but I ended up waking up and I was so relieved!  

Where did this come from?  There was definitely an element of panic and anxiety with the whole missing pants bit but why was I in a home with strangers?  Why didn't the light switch work?  My brain sure conjures up the weirdest things!

Screaming Out Loud

 Last night I dreamed that there was a man trying to break into my house through the window and I screamed!  My poor husband has to deal with these types of nightmares a lot.  I don't know why they happen or why I can't control myself when dreaming.  

My hair is falling out!

 I've had so many dreams of my teeth falling out but this time my hair fell out and I did not look good bald!  What a relief it was when I woke up!

I just can't seem to return with shoes!

 November 20, 2024

I am pretty sure this dream was panic related but it was a new one.  I was helping at a boy scout activity and realized I didn't have shoes on so I rode home on a child sized jeep for some reason and suddenly I was back at the church again with still no shoes.  I went back again and still came back without shoes.  Why the child sized jeep?  And what was the significance of having no shoes?

Unused gifts, a scary doll, etc

 Last night's dream was definitely unique and I can't seem to make any sense of it.  I was cleaning out a closet that belonged to a child, though it was unclear whose.  I found bags and bags of unopened gifts.  Tons of toys still in the package that weren't ever opened.  The strange thing is, this child was supposed to be underprivileged so I didn't understand why they never opened hardly anything.  There was one doll that looked like it was well loved, but upon picking it up, it opened it's eyes and started talking to me.  It suddenly turned evil like the "Chucky" doll in the "Child's Play" movie.  I haven't even seen that movie, just previews and such but I knew I wouldn't like it and I believe it created a fear of dolls in many people.  I looked around and there were a ton of doll clothes and accessories that were opened and played with.  I started packing up the clothes, but the doll was using every tactic possible to keep me from doing it.  It tried scaring me, it tried being sweet, it tried pleading and begging.  I was so freaked out that I left the room and it followed me!  Suddenly I am on a pool deck and someone saw it and threw it in the pool.  That's all I remember!  I was relieved when I woke up and realized it was all a dream.

The Caravan

 Last night I dreamed that I was in a big van with my family but my mom was by herself in the car ahead of us.  She was leading us along.  Every once in a while she would get out, wait for us, point the next direction to go, then run back to her car and keep driving.  I think this dream is a death metaphor and represents my biggest fear.  I know someday my mom will leave this earth but I am not ready for that yet.  She is still relatively young.

A hole in the floor

 Last night my dream was extra weird.  I was at work (I work in a retail store) and I noticed that the floor was bouncy in the spot where I was standing.  Upon further examination I discovered that there was a hole in the floor with carpet stretched over it.  The carpet was starting to fray and no one was worried about it except me.