dream
Monday, September 8

it is dark. i am in an elevated place, and the air is a little thin. forest all around me. am i at the top of a mountain? i see a little spot in front that is a little darker than everything else around me. i step into it.

my feet drop, and i am falling on a a natural slide that is near vertical. things around me whiz by as i fall. the slide suddenly flattens out, and i am shooting forward on a path.

there is little loss of momentum, and i keep going. finally, after a long time, i am in sunlight, and my younger bro is in front of me.

"whoa. that was intense, man. you should try it," i said.

dreamshift

same sensation of just having come out of a ride, but the scenery is different. i am at the base of a mountain. mist all around, as though a cloud was sitting on the mountain.

a girl comes up to me and asks, "would you like a powerbar?"

"no thanks," i reply.

she looks at me for a moment, peels the powerbar, pulls off a piece, and hands it to me. i take it and eat it.

"now, you may go and climb," she said.

i look at the base of the mountain, where someone is climbing. i face the wall of rock, wondering how the person before got started. i throw myself up, and climb a couple of feet. i stop and look around. though i am only several yards off the ground, it still feels very high to me. i keep going anyway.

with the next hand up, i grab rock that is too small, and i slip. i fall. i am on the ground, wind punched out of my lungs.

i see a girl walk past me, and climb the rock. so easily. what am i doing wrong? i grit my teeth and try again.

/dream

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jennifer, carol, and diane, some of my fellow YG teachers, have left. :( many, many thoughts on this, and so much i want to tell them. sometime later, when i can organize my thoughts and the words.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUSAN!


yakob at 1:20 PM

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