Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Not-So-Grand Canyons

I was walking to Texas Roadhouse for my birthday dinner. Fortunately, it was closer than Nevada to Johnston. The road I was on was very narrow, and cut-out, like the edges of the road were walls. Then some cars started coming toward me- in both lanes, and one immediately behind those- kind of like a gang of cars. I was staying as far to the left as possible, but decided since it was dark out, and there was no shoulder, I should probably just get off the road. So I hopped up the 3-4 foot grassy embankment and walked on the "sidewalk," a one-foot wide dirt path. There was a short tree right next to it that I would have had to crawl under to stay on the sidewalk, but next thing I knew, I found myself past that point, further from the road. Then I looked over and saw two cars ram each other head-on -- one drove over the other one and got stuck. They were big, old Buicks or something- one was blue, one was brown. I kept walking and noticed the ground in front of me was not the same- it was like there was a giant (maybe 50 feet across) canyon that I would need to get over or around. Some random guy that was there said "go back, it's not worth [the hasssle]." Over this canyon was a solid sheet of glass. It didn't reach the edges of the canyon, but was close. It was apparently suspended in mid-air. Suddenly, my friend, Lydia was there and she decided she was going to slide across the glass. So she did, head-first, on her stomach. It must have been a very smooth surface, because she slid very fast, and I was starting to worry that she wouldn't stop in time and slide off the edge! But she stopped just in time, and hopped to the land. I stood there for a minute thinking it would be fun, but kind of scared to do it, when my brother showed up. I told him to go next and I would be right behind him; I chickened out. 

Earlier in my dream, I was at a church program. Before the program began, I was sitting in some little closet with no door, singing. I was actually pretty good! The program was a musical, and I recognized two of the songs, but only remembered the first one. The first song I remembered was "Let's Go Fly a Kite," but was performed NOTHING like it was in Mary Poppins. There were a lot of people on the stage at the time (which was actually in the gym, with the audience sitting on the floor), and this guy, Kaleb was the star performer. At one point, he exited the stage, then we next saw him flying from the ceiling; it was pretty cool. Afterward, I was sitting on the gym floor, as well, and turned around and saw Kaleb and his family. His dad was about 60 years old, but was gorgeous, and we held eye contact for a few seconds. Then it occurred to me that I should say something to Kaleb to catch his attention.... with the thought of "hey, if I marry Kaleb, HE will probably still be as gorgeous as his dad someday, too!" So I turned to tell him "good job," but I kind of whispered/mumbled it, so I had to say it a few times (losing its effect. I finally slowed down and said "GOOOOD JOOOOOB" and gave the thumbs up, so he'd get it, and he finally did. So much for sparking his interest.