Marathon

Dream 3/2/2017

     I am running a marathon today along with the rest of my school. It is also the last day of school. I am near the front of the pack of runners. Near the end of the race I get confused about which direction to take. The layout of the course is done very poorly. No one knows where to go. I run up onto a highway, although there are no cars. I hit a dead end. I run back down and start asking people where the race ends. They tell me that it ends at a nearby school.

     As I enter the school and run through the finish line, I pretend to run in slow motion and hum very loudly the melody to "Chariots of Fire." The people at the finish line laugh as I run through. Several teachers are sitting near the finish and I go and sit on one of their laps. After this, I need to fill out "end of school year" papers. I get my papers and take them back to the teacher.

     I need to go and visit my sister, brother-in-law and nieces and nephews to see their new house. The house looks downright creepy. The walls and floor are dark wood with no paint. There doesn't seem to be any working lights. Everybody shows me their rooms. My brother-in-law opens a hatch in the floor that leads to the cellar. He tells me that this will be a room for two of the kids. I ask him if he is joking but he genuinely thinks it's a great idea.

     I leave the house and head back toward town. My teacher stops me and tells me that I forgot to turn in one paper. I quickly fill it out and submit it. Dream ends.

I wake up.

Homecoming

Dream 2/19/2016

Tonight is homecoming.

My old school is doing a celebration of all the classes together including those who have graduated. I'm getting ready at my house. I am in the upstairs bathroom. My mom is downstairs. All of a sudden, my phone turns on by itself and starts playing an audio clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sgc1I9sjfc). The clip is an audio sound byte of a supposed woman astronaut that Russia sent into space in 1961. Her space flight encountered problems and her capsule went up in flames. The clip is a recording of her last moments. It is unsettling. It scares me. I run downstairs. My mom is moving an old camper out back. I finish getting ready in the camper bathroom.

I have to be at homecoming by 8 o'clock. I look at my watch. It's 7:56. I stress out and start yelling at my mom, telling her that we need to leave now! 

The school crowds all of its students and alumni onto risers in the gymnasium. My nephews are in pre-k and kindergarten. They stand in front. The school has made food for us but they didn't make enough. They say the alumni can eat first. I grab a bowl and bring it over to my nephews. I let them eat from it. Dream ends.

I wake up

Haunted Basement

Nightmare 10/9/2015

We are at my cousins house in Sandoval, Illinois. Halloween is in the air.

     All of us are hanging out in the living room watching Television. My high school math teacher and his wife are sitting on the couch. My sister can't find the remote control so she decides to check in the basement which is incredibly haunted, to the point of poltergeist. I go with her. As we walk down the basement stairs I continually commands any demons living here to leave in the name of Jesus Christ. The basement is surprisingly nice. It's finished. There is a nice sectional with a TV and refrigerator. No luck on finding the remote, so we head upstairs. Every stair that I step on cracks in half. I make it to the landing. My sister is behind me. I don't know how she will make it to the top without the whole staircase collapsing. She makes it.

     The front door is open. I see a black mist in the doorway. I command the demons to leave in the name of Jesus Christ. I walk to the door and put my hand in the mist. I bring it back. Only cobwebs. Dream ends.

I wake up