You know it's my hectic time at work when...

I hadn't finished the media guide on time so I loaded the files I needed onto my flash drive, packed up the work laptop and was planning to head to the Rush Rhees Periodical Reading Room; I saw a very clear image of the room from the back of the room on the right side when you walk in, lots of students were in there studying/sleeping as always. I decided I wanted to buy a laptop mouse - you know, the kind that you can plug into one of the USB jacks - because that would make it much easier for me to edit in InDesign, so I was going to go to Best Buy to pick one up. Mel stopped me on my way out of Arco, though, and asked if I wanted to take a ride w/her and Jill to go pick up our GM... in New Mexico. I said I'd go, but only if it was a quick trip because I had a lot of work to do. They promised it would be fast, so we all got into Mo's car (a white Escalade) and drove off.

We were driving around in Albuquerque when I realized I had to stop at Bank of America, so Mel drove into a drive-thru in a minimall. I went inside with Jill because we both had checks to deposit. We asked the clerk if we needed to sign and he said, "No, you jsut need to write the account number on the back." We did that and he deposited the checks for us, then we went back outside and as we were pulling out of the drive-thru line, I started filling out a country music survey. Some of the questions (that I can remember) were: What's your favorite country song?; Who is your favorite country singer?; What was Shania Twain wearing at the CMT Awards this year?; What's your favorite outfit that Shania Twain wears? I wanted to fill it out as accurately as possible because the prize that I could win was something I really wanted, but I can't remember now what it was.

All of a sudden, I realized that I needed to get back to the library to finish the media guide, so I started freaking out, telling Mel and Jill that I needed to leave immediately to get back to Canyon, Texas, so that I could finish the media guide.

Probably one of the weirdest dreams that I have ever had

Preface: I typed the majority of this within moments of waking up on Friday morning, but didn't post it until today because I had to edit it just a little (lots of typos at that hour!) and also I was hoping that I might remember more detail as time went by. I didn't, really; in fact, I can barely remember some parts of the dream now were it not for this blog post.

Mom and Dad, Mom shoots someone between the eyes and tries to cover it up. Dad brings mom out into back yard and does the same to her, except I see it through his eyes. Then I'm back to me, I think "You two are prefect for each other." Overcast scene, like in The Watchmen.

Mom driving a maroon Porsche with California licence plate, I'm following her out of the short hills Pingry parking lot and I notice she has a Kings license plate frame. we go to cross the Golden Gate bridge but there is massive traffic rounding the corner, or so we think. Turns out it's just a person walking along the bridge so people are driving cautiously and then traffic starts to move.

The government wants to take a million dollars from every citizen; president - female! - says what about the poor? they don't have a million dollars for us to take. A photographer takes zoomed-in pictures of her eyes, president asks if the picture is for a magazine. In war room, like in The Watchmen.

I'm back at high school but high school was apparently in someone's house. The Corvino family was there, they gave me a birthday card with a long poem on the inside. Each kid had written a short note, even Bobby, who I've never actually met. Amy's said "I l u" and I dind't know what the "l" stood for. Teddy and I hung out, talked about the good old days and how kids today were crazy. Boyfriend shows up, he is wary of teddy until I explain who he is.

Boyfriend and I go to visit this family and they are really, really tall. Really tall. They can't fit out a normal doorway and to get out, they can't just duck a little they almost have to squat down to get out of the door. We go into their house which is really a large hotel-sized apartment building. I get a glass of water from their kitchen and sit at their table in the foyer of their floor. A woman shows up and immediately I know She's evil. I put my drink on the white table - no coaster - and walk around the floor to check out the other areas and there is a section of "houses" within this hotel/apartment bilding. Someone tells me that the houses also have tables out in the open because it's required by law. I look down the hallway to my right and see a large group gathering at one of the picnic tables and a middle-aged, balding man standing on the table. People are cheering him on, he looks nervous. He takes a sip of his vodka drink then pours the rest over his head to cool himself down as he turns his back to me and readies himself for whoever is going to slide down the vertical slip n' slide and fly through the air and land on him. Boyfriend and I go to leave the hotel/apartment and the evil woman makes fun of my toy that I'd left with my glass of water.

I met up with Nicole at the grocery store and I was very excited to see her until I realized that she'd brought Jena. It was a little awkward at first and I was really, really surprised when Jena started asking me what I'd been up to since leaving Rochester, asking about my job etc. She realized I was hesitant to answer her questions so she got closer and gave me a hug, saying "let's let bygones be bygones. I did some stupid shit when we were in college I want to forget all that and start over, let's be friends." I gladly agreed, hugged her back, and said this is the best day ever. The three of us walked around the store finding things we needed - it was more of a CVS at this point than a grocery store - all the while Jena and I were catching up on lost time.