Catching a Train

This was part of a longer, more complex dream that I can't remember. I remember that I was with my mom, boyfriend, sister, and possibly some more people. We were trying to catch a train together. For some reason, we knew we were going to miss the train at the station we were headed toward. I suggested that we just think ahead and catch the train at a station that it would arrive at later. Somehow I knew that the train would make a bit U shaped circuit and we should just go to the other leg of the U to catch the train. I felt responsible for getting everyone to the station on time, then shepherding everyone through the station, the ticket counters, the corridors, and then onto the correct boarding area.

The whole dream seemed much longer than this, but we finally made it onto the correct train, found our seats, and I discovered I'd have to sit next to a loud, overweight couple. The relief at arriving on the train made me feel better, though.

I woke up soon after this event and was lucid enough to think, "Well, thank god I slept long enough for us to get on the damn train."

Stress and Responsibility

I dreamed that I was in my mother's old house (the one I grew up in). I was working to clean the house and my sister and my boyfriend had promised to help me clean it up. But my sister decided to slip outside and avoid the job. BNB said he was going to help me, but while I was dusting the bathroom (??), he told me that he'd thought of a more important errand to run and he drove away. I was feeling annoyed at them both as I worked my way into my mother's bedroom. I opened the drapes and a small dog was looking in the window at me. As I dusted the windowsill, we looked at each other. I kind of wanted to cry.