8/12/05

Dream 1: I am at a friends house party. Guests are clustered in groups both inside and outside the home. Everyone is enjoying themselves.

Coming in from outside, I notice that there are muddy footprints covering the off-white carpeting in the living room. The footprints are small and look to be made by golf shoes with spikes.

I start into the kitchen to get cleaning supplies when I notice a child with muddy shoes. I see the bottom of the shoes and realize that this is where the the mud on the carpet has come from. I know that I can't just grab the kid and rip his shoes off so I calmly approach him.

I am standing in the kitchen cleaning the kid's shoes. He is on the floor screaming and throwing a tantrum. Guests are looking at me as if I were doing something wrong. I am embarrassed by his histrionics but I know that the host would want me to keep him from making more of a mess.

Dream 2: I am watching a movie with a friend. We are in my living room which is on the second story of an office building. The movie is being shown on the outside wall of the adjacent office building. I am enjoying the movie and watch it with my eyes open. My friend is enjoying the movie but is curled up on the couch with his eyes closed. I ask him about the movie and am astounded that he can describe it even though he didn't see it. He explained that he could hear it and that was enough for him to know what was going on.