Thoughts on Dreams
Well, whats coming - I'm not sure how to explain things really just that I try to work out what dream mean and how do they relate to real life... or is this the dream and there is the real world... any how its in progres
Did I, am I missing classes or something…?
While laid at home, knowing I’ve been working for the past several years I get the feeling that I am missing some classes. I don’t know what classes, just that I should be somewhere. An image of stairs keep appearing – sets of stairs with black rubber banisters with lots of people going up and down to multiple floors. I should be somewhere that isn’t here, but where and what am I studing and then start to remember…
Several years ago, I attended university and didn’t get through my final year and so didn’t complete the degree. I’ve a HNC which covered the years upto and including some of my final years points. I’ve always wanted to return to complete the degree just to say its done rather than for the qualification itself. I’ve not known what I wanted to complete it in, I’ve looked into IT (Which I did the rest in), but also in psycology, environment, law, business, aswell as many health based sciences. Its never felt finished and thats what I think is bothering me.
I decide I am going to go and learn and put my name down for a general course, pack up what I think I’ll need and head to the house I was told to go to. The journey seemed almost instant, the thought to where to go after leaving my current home and then I was there at the new place.
The House
Walking into this house with a selection of bags not knowing who I will be living with for the next few years. I was one of the first to enter, and just sat on the couch talking with the first few that came in. Someone brought a couch with them, it was dark green and looked a little comfey but they seemed to just drag it behind them as they walked on their own. It ended up in the lounge and we started to explore.
I went into a bedroom and just stayed there without really looking any further. It was up some stairs, the staircase was curved like in mansions with enough room for 5 or 6 people to walk up side by side. It was about half way up, a door on the right side leading into a room with a double bed at the end. The room was quite big but looked quite long, their was a small onsuite bathroom near the end and no-one else seemed to have access to it. It was quiet and peaceful and a few windows to see out into the gardens. I just stayed there for a while, and dropped all my stuff off realising I’d not brought any bedding sheets just lots of clothes.
I started to explore, and continued up the stairs and found a landing area which was quite large and could be used for an extra lounge if wanted. Along the side there was more rooms, there was some girls taking stuff into rooms and I said “Hi” and introduced myself. Their room was a double room, two friends had organised to stay together and were unpacking. They had a smaller room than mine however did have a extra rooms attached within aswell as an en-suite.
Over the other side of the landing area there was some doors I could see people moving around, and headed over to discover that there was more than one level and it went up more stairs to more rooms – in total there was at least 10 more bedrooms, some with one person others with two people and the house was quickly filling up but there always seemed more to explore.
I met people I’ve not seen for years, knowing them but not really knowing them. I’d worked with them on teams on projects around the country and we were together in the same place. Some saying “I can’t believe you decided to come”, others “congratulations – its going to be amazing”. I made a lot of new friends and met with lots of new ones.
On the landing there was a set of doors at the top of around 4 long steps that were locked. These then opened from the otherside and it looked like we were directly connected to a place like a students union but that was the only connection. The rest of the place was ours, but if need be we could enter and exit the house via there.
There was loads of almost empty rooms, with areas to site, and places to have a TV or other entertainment . There seemed to be a lot of toilet areas, every bedroom seemed to have one aswell as a shower and there was more than one downstairs, aswell as around the place. There was several kitchen areas on each level – it seemed that you could just relax and live in any part of the place.
We all congregated in the enterance lounge where there was a lot of talking, music, and snacks. Introducing one to one another talking of what our plans were when someone came in and asked if we’d been downstairs. We followed to find a relax/workout area with 3 large rooms quite brightly lit. First room was a gym, with a lot of different machines, the second like a studio that you could dance or run events in and a third that I liked the most – a place to swim and relax. A pool about 10m x 5m and just past it 3 rooms; a steam room, a sauna and a third that seemed a mixture of the two. Aswell as a huge bubbly jacoozi bath that would easily fit about 12 people in comfortably.
The thought of “why would we ever leave here?” came to mind, but as it did we were instructed to go to the large hall. The weather was nice outside – not cold but not hot either, it was sunny and pleasent – comfortable to be out in a T-shirt and shorts. We headed out as the house group and met together in the hall.
The Hall
This place was different, it was compulsary for all people to get and be fit – it was part of the life lessons and training of this place.
Stood in a large sports hall we were split into groups, the line I was put in, there was only about 6 of us total and one person was told to start running around – through the front enterance and round the building and other events. We were inside – I got a little lost and then came back to find the other 5 people in a line spread apart about 2 metres between them. I asked what was going on but no one said anything. The guy leading the group came over to me and started to talk, recongnising who I was but then turned away and I no longer heard him. I tried to get his attention but some one else had to get him so I could speak to him. I told him that sometimes I would not hear him if he turned away and I couldn’t see him speak. He seemed confused then told me it was my turn to start running.
Running – we had to go outside and run around the area – it was around about 1500 meters in total. Sent out one at a time to run and avoid the other activities. There were several groups of people playing football, and other ball related sports and I came close to bumping into people and the ball itself allowing it to miss me, and keep going. We were told it was the first step to working up to the daily 15 mile run that we would be doing. For some reason, the thought excieted me – I’ve always wanted to get fitter and this seemed an opertunity to do it.
While running, I caught up with someone else from my group that had started before – she was not finding it as easy as I was and we started to talk – not the best move while running. It all became a lot harder then – at least for me. I slowed, she speeded up and vanished ahead of me. Another guy, that knew me came up and ran with me, encouraging me to keep going as i had planned too and slowly I got through it. There was lots of random obsticals like poles, and traffic cones and random building matterials scattered in the running path aswell as fencing the you needed to turn quickly while moving to get through the gaps or jump over.
While outside on this relativly short run I started to jump and realised I was jumping larger than I should be and recalled its like a dream this, and I wonder if I can fly – I tried as have done in previous dreams but didn’t have the control to do so and came to the conclusion I was running faster than normal and jumping larger distances because I was going fast rather than dreaming.
I got back to the hall again to find people looking towards me, I don’t know why but at that point their was a flash and then I awoke from the dream world. I didn’t want to forget this place, and hopefully I will return so I write it down and share it now.
Until it continues, here I am.