Wedding

My boyfriend and I were going to a wedding. It was to be held in a mall, and as we walked up a ramp to the upper level, I kept noticing tacky little "venues" for other weddings, some just in food court style eating areas! When we got to the area where my friends were getting married, however, there was a quiet, nicely lit balcony filled with round tables with white linens and gold flatware. He walked me over to a table near the back, and as we sat down I saw that it was by a big screen that was showing a college football game--I think it was EWU vs. OC (whatever those letters stood for; I think at least one of the teams was from the Northwest). There were a lot of players on the field, at first in uniform and then in street clothes. At some point, we were no longer looking at a screen, but over the actual game itself. In the stands, I saw a hand-drawn poster supporting keeping religion out of schools (it featured a large electric guitar, a trap set, and a Bible with the words "lust" and "lush" written on it). A girl with hair down to her waist turned and waved at us.

The couple who I realized were getting married sat at the table with us, and I was thrilled to be surrounded by such good friends. In real life, these two have been married for almost six years and have a baby. The lights went down and we held hands for a blessing. The groom's mother, wearing some sort of cowl, the bride's mother, and a few other women were singing a haunting song for the blessing when my alarm went off.

I hit snooze, naturally, which meant I also got to dream that a squirrel had gotten into my apartment somehow and was tearing around my bedroom.

Group Sing

Last night I dreamed that I walked to a park to play softball with my parents (in the dream, I was a grownup). We played some catch and saw another family (parents, two young boys) also playing catch nearby. They were using whiffle balls and I kicked one of the whiffle balls like it was a soccer ball, in a perfect goal-scoring kind of kick.

As we were leaving, so was the other family. We were all walking home, though they were some distance from us. One of them had a guitar and as they walked, they started singing the John Denver song "Country Roads." They kept singing until I finally started to join in. Everyone kept on walking, and more people joined us as we walked and sang. The song just kept going, apparently endlessly. Some people were singing harmony and everything sounded really great.

Eventually there were hundreds of people walking and singing "Country Roads." It turned out that we were walking toward the ocean (on the west coast) to get lobster. At the end of the journey, we ended up standing at the ocean and waiting for lobster, still singing.