I had an interesting cryptic dream last night.
I haven’t dreamt of De in ages, but I guess this journal preservation project has re-energized those synapses because last night I was on a western lot with him. We were chatting it up when another cowboy-costumed dude, who had a box over his head and face, walked over and started trying to enter our conversation.
As soon as De saw him approaching, he said to me surreptitiously, “Let’s get going, let’s walk…” to keep him from getting any closer to us. Apparently he knew the guy was bad news and he didn’t want to interact with him.
We ended up near an abandoned old house with a 1946 or older car sitting in front of it (I don’t know car model years but I remember the shape and it was manufactured during that era.) . It looked useless, but De got in the front passenger side, and I heard my sister, Jackie (who was in the car already, in the driver’s seat I guess, but invisible) say, “Get in the car, Kris!”
So I got in the car in the back seat and found a pile of old mailings that were just sitting there, several with my name on them, so I started going through them. I found one package with a regal-looking three-piece suit that was reddish purple that was just my size. The package had my name on it, so I dug in and also found keys to a new car.
So, of course, I started thinking, “How long have these things been sitting here waitingfor me to respond to whoever sent them?” And I wondered if there was a time frame during which I was required to respond in order to get the car that the keys were apparently attached to…
De kept looking back at me, nodding and grinning, as if he expected me to find the final KICKER in the pile of mail.
I woke up then, or left the dream. But it was incredibly vivid, every moment of it.
I have no idea what all that symbolizes, but it left me feeling hopeful … and confused…and a little frustrated!
Who was the guy with the box on his head that De was trying to get us to avoid?
Why was Jackie invisible?
Why didn’t I get to finish the dream?
Alas, I will probably never know. But it was great to be with De again, I do know that!
