Snippets

Stu was on a beach, painting a huge boulder. Protection?
Double decker buses on West End Road
Courtyard, poplar trees
An African man arranging small grey patio slabs, triangle ones on the outside to ‘fold away’, no trace?
Kittens and fish bones
A bomb in my parents’ flat which I had set up but then tried to change because I didn’t want anyone to die

[I can’t remember these dreams and can’t even remember if they were on the same night - I found a scrap of paper with scribbled notes]

Cher

Heather was with a teacher telling the story of how she had nowhere to live until she found the attic. She was animated in her storytelling, her teacher proud and the audience applauded. But the story was wrong. I tried to indicate that by whispering words to her but she got more confused. I shut up. Back at the school later, a few people were standing by the stage in the hall and a few others milling around and chatting. Cher was performing on stage in one of her famous not-so-there outfits. Lee B(work colleague) was there to see Cher but Jo and I were there for something else. I sipped a drink and nearly passed out because I hadn’t eaten.

Naked Meeting

I was getting ready for a meeting at work except it was being held at the high school that my kids go to. I was having a wardrobe crisis but then remembered that I was supposed to go naked. I undressed and stood in front of a full length mirror and realised that my ‘landing strip’ hadn’t been tended to. I started to panic but decided to get dressed instead. I put on a black skirt and knee length boots. I then started to worry that my feet would hurt in the walk to the school because the boots were new. I got to the meeting on time and my boss (Rookie) was standing at the top of some stairs wearing a salmon pink suit! We went into a large room that had only plastic chairs in a circle. There were perhaps 20 of us. Michelle, an old friend from school, came up to me and told me that I shouldn’t talk to this other girl (Anna from work). Anna then came up behind me and told me I shouldn’t talk to Michelle. It was like being back at school. Then someone I didn't know came up to me to make some bitchy comment about Anna’s upcoming wedding. Once the meeting was underway, which was more like a free-for-all debate, I started to panic that I was naked. Thankfully I was still dressed.

Sex-in-a-box/Bungalow

Stu was playing peeping Tom in women’s changing rooms but the women turned it around on him. 10 women descended on him for a ‘lick-fest’, 10 minutes of pure pleasure for him! I was watching. He bought me a sex-in-a-box present, something similar to what he’d experienced and I was very excited about it. I got home and mum was sitting at the kitchen table. I showed her the box and she grinned saying it looked like fun.

Stu and I were driving around an old housing estate and came to a dead end - some allotments, where the entrance was piled high with dirt. He drove straight over it and I spotted Bim/Theresa (my ex Andrew’s little sister). She was so pleased to see me. She hugged me and made me promised I would visit.

Then I was looking around a house. I’d been in it before but hadn’t seen the extent of it. I’d seen the bungalow from the road and the front living space with large rooms, but I hadn’t been aware of the rooms out back. There was a second lounge which must have been the size of a village hall. There were bedrooms off that too. I wanted it and spoke to the old lady who lived there.

Treading Water

I was with Fred (from work), who looked like Chris (my friend’s other half), in a canal lock. The water was filthy and there were bits of wood and other debris floating around. We were treading water and getting a bit carried away... I wanted more.

Shooting/David Boreanaz

I was out driving my 4x4 with Richard (an improved version of an old friend’s brother) and planned to spend the night at his. But as we drove down London Road/Crane Hill, there was something going on ahead involving several cars. At first we thought it was an accident but as we got closer it became clear that there was a shootout in progress. I didn’t slow in time and ended up doing a 3-point turn right in front of the shooters. They weren’t interested in us and we got away unharmed. I called my parents and asked if Richard, and a couple that had appeared in the back of the 4x4, could stay the night at ours (I still lived at home). I was disappointed!

Next I was sitting with my old next door neighbour Debbie. She said there was a guy that wanted to meet me. There were 4 of us laying on a bed chatting - me, Debbie, this unknown chap and David Boreanaz (Angel from Buffy). I went to the loo happy that I had David, pretty much enthralled and this other guy as a possibility. When I returned, Debbie and the no-name chap had gone. David told me that she had lent over to kiss him and then left. I was furious! I told David to wait there while I went after them. I found them in a coffee shop, waited outside. When they came out and sat on a bench, I approached them. They were eating crisps and acting all lovey-dovey. I commented on how it was her third bag and no wonder she was fat, and then walked off. Next thing, they were arguing. I had a smug grin on my face as I returned to David.

Cars in My Loft

There was a red Corvette and a red Ferrari in my loft/attic and I couldn’t work out how to get them out or how I’d got them up there in the first place. There was an F1 type crane lift but the cars wouldn’t fit through the loft hatch. I had a rummidge around in some boxes and found a knee-length denim skirt. This really pleased me. I tried it on and it fitted perfectly, car problem forgotten!

SWAT

I was a member of SWAT. I spent a day travelling around the countryside on a bus, listening to people’s conversations. Late afternoon I met up with my boss (Frank from Footballers Wives - John Forgeham) and my colleagues for instructions on our next job. He told us that there was a chemical or formula that was at risk due to its ‘powerful application potential’. He had a call and with a worried expression, told us to move out. He mentioned a place name (something Hill) and I told him that I had come across it on my travels that day. There were a series of coincidences that my boss found perplexing. The team broke into the Regent Theatre to steal an experimental piece of rock. One of my colleagues picked it up and was able to fold it and change its shape even though it was solid. I saw a security guard through the window and alerted the others. Soon we were surrounded but we managed to escape.

Molly Dress/Floating Platform/Suicide/Sex-Structor

A friend was sorting through clothes. She was wearing a cotton summer dress, a bit too short. I had a similar one in orange and put it on to show her how short it was. I commented on how fat my legs were, so she could have the dress until I lost weight. She said thanks and told me she'd put a cardigan on the bed for me. It was pale blue with flowers and animal faces embroidered in a line across the front. We giggled about how cute it was.

Then we were in a clothes store, looking for more of those molly dresses. There were lots of outrageous outfits - a bra and skirt made entirely of red metallic beads and a black one made with large rubber segments. I picked up a catalogue and we left.

I was standing on a wooden platform in the sea, just offshore. I was trying to work out how to get a smaller version of it to float, how to tie it together to create a path to the platform from the shore. Three floated fine, but the fourth started to sink. A man was standing thigh high in the water telling me to use air. So, I bought a few kiddies inflatable rings, blew them up and placed them under the mini platforms. I chained them together in a line and it worked!

My entire family were in a car parked up on the roadside in town. We were planning our deaths, reading lists and putting it in writing. We were in a hurry because someone was trying to intervene. We were hit by another vehicle so I got out to survey the damage which wasn’t much but it was enough to cause a problem.

I had been roped into helping a couple in their forties to celebrate her birthday. She wanted to go to a sex therapy session and to learn to do something different. The woman, her husband and I entered the foye of the building and were greeted by a woman asking for our names. I was reluctant to tell her and wanted to leave. She then called over to an old man (70 plus) who came over and introduced himself as our sex-structor! I cringed and opted out as did the husband, to which the wife then said “Excellent” and bounded off on the arm of the old man, disappearing into a portacabin.

Walking on Thin Ice

I was looking out across a harbour in winter with all the little boats quiet and still. It was completely iced over. I started walking across the ice, along one of the wooden harbour walls. A jetski jumped over the wall making me jump, followed by another. I couldn’t work out why the ice didn’t break. I continued walking further out to sea, staying near the wall, but bottled out near the end for fear of falling through the ice.

A friend was getting married and I was organising her hen nights. She had 2, one after the other. I wasn’t invited to the first one, just a couple of people I didn’t know. The second one I expected to be invited to but instead she invited all the boys from work, both her colleagues and mine, and had a bachelor party instead!

Tasty Treat

My friend Jacqi had promised that we’d go horse riding, but when she turned up there was no mention of it. The weather was dark and stormy and standing at the top of Aster Road, she suggested that I take a drive to the bottom of the road to the sea to witness how creepy it was (the sea is 15-20 miles away in reality). I visited her at her home and she had a baby in her arms. I was confused at the sight of the newborn but she assured me that it was hers. Next thing, I was standing outside my parents’ house with Jacqi’s two sons. The youngest was pissing me off so I went for him, pinned him down and smacked his head three times on the pavement. I let him go and he was still smiling, no signs of anger at all. Then his mum appeared and I felt so guilty. I apologised profusely while she inspected his forehead. Three huge lumps were now visibly growing as I watched, increasing my sense of guilt and remorse. They rose like mini soufflés!!! Jacqi said, “Oh my god” and tugged on one of the lumps. It stretched to 3 feet long, then she broke it half way down and pulled out some white fluffy stuff, handing some to me and Stu. She then pulled out some black fluffy stuff in along string and took a bite. I stared at her in disbelief; she encouraged us to try the white stuff, which I did as I felt I owed it to her. It tasted like marshmallow but I was too freaked out to enjoy it. Her son was still smiling…

[one of my more disturbing dreams]

Strange Phenomenon

As a surprise anniversary present, hubby wanted to take me away for the weekend. He hired a little silver open-topped sports car. He put the bags in the boot and told me to hop in. As we drove away, I was concerned about something, thought I might have forgotten something but he told me not to worry. We drove the 16 miles to Felixstowe, to a little guest house in a street that looked remarkably like a road in Ipswich. We headed back to Ipswich to see my parents and as I sat in the lounge, I noticed that people were outside looking up the road at the sky. I went outside to investigate. At first there was just a disturbance of the clouds, and then a circle of clear blue sky appeared with rotating clouds around it. Then there were neon green lights coming out of the clear patch, followed by neon blue ones, forming a runway and a ‘stargate’.

I ran in to get the camcorder but I’d left it at Felixstowe. I cursed my stupidity as I watched futuristic aircraft coming through the circle. Then it started to fade, so I tried to find my camera instead, but couldn’t find that either. After it had disappeared completely we got back in the car to go to the guest house, my dad waving goodbye. At the guest house, we went to bed but I couldn’t settle after the spectacle. Stu dozed off, so I got up and put the camcorder in my bag to make sure I didn’t forget it this time.

Next day we got to mum’s about the same time as the previous day and nothing seemed to happen. There was something electric about the atmosphere, but all seemed reasonably normal until we noticed that the bugs were behaving strangely. Everything they did was wrong – the flies were flying backwards and seemed to watching and tagging us!

The next day we headed home from our weekend away and went straight to my parents again, armed with camcorder and camera. At around the same time as the previous two encounters, we watched the sky for stargates but there was no sign of rotating clouds. Then I spotted something in the sky, larger than a bird. As it drew nearer, we realised it was a dog hanging in the sir without a care in the world. Then there was a cow, and another, then various other animals just floating aimlessly!! I wasn’t able to get a picture of them, or to record this event which annoyed me.

We went home. My eldest daughter and I were looking in my wardrobe for an particular item of clothing. She was taking the piss about some of my clothes. There were odd earrings in boxes hanging from the clothes rail.

[the sci-fi element of this dream had me pondering for weeks and I wished that it would really happen!]

Shaving the Hard Way

My hubby was going out for a drink with friends, and I was going out with my friends, but I was a bit peeved with him and slightly jealous about him going out. I came home from work to get ready, pulled into the driveway and managed to park it sideways. I sat on the bonnet trying to shave my legs, one hair at a time with a blunt blade!

Deadly Escalator

I was in a huge shopping mall, owned by the Evening Star newspaper, looking for toilets. Every time I thought I’d found where they should be, a sign would point to somewhere else. Eventually I worked out that they were on the next level down, so I got on the packed escalator. It was going so fast I nearly fell over, the person in front stopping me. At the bottom, everyone was stepping over something, and when I reached the bottom, I realised it was a woman on the floor. Her legs had been severed at the thighs by the escalator, and she was trapped but there was no blood.

Hair Today.../White Water

I went to my hairdressers for my regular appointment. Danielle, one of the stylists, told me that Julie had been made redundant. I couldn’t understand this at all because Julie was the owner! I asked Danielle how this was possible if she owned the place, but she just looked at me and said I was still welcome to have my hair done there, and would be most grateful for my business. I was trying to tactfully ask where Julie had gone so that I could follow her.

Again I was over in France visiting my friend. We were standing by a narrow river that she said was good fun. She showed Stu (hubby) and I a little boat, and told us to take her 4 year old daughter with us. She also advised us to stay on the right as it was slightly calmer, and looking closely at the river, I could now see that there were huge waves on the left where it met with the sea, which was butted right up against the side of the river.

Halloween/Hospital

I was with my friend over in France, looking out onto her ‘garden’. There were lots of grassy hills and a few trees. It was Halloween and there was a path lit by small fires, winding around the hills as far as I could see. There was a fog coming in along the valleys but we went for a walk, following the path.

Then I was in a hospital but not as a patient. There was a patient there who was getting most annoyed at the fact that he couldn’t find the board games. I led him to a tall cupboard, opened it up and showed him where they should be. I think he was someone from work. There seemed to be a relationship of sorts between me and the guy (from work) because I felt something towards him but it didn’t appear to be reciprocated.

Freddie Krugar/The Entity/Pillars

I sat in a semi-reclined dentist-type chair in front of my PC. On the screen was what looked like a game featuring Freddie Krugar. Even though I knew he couldn’t hurt me, I felt very uneasy. He was looking at me and moved when I moved. I was trying to access my bank accounts and the method of identification was via a probe… (not saying any more than that!). Still Freddie watched me.

Then I was being raped by an entity and was absolutely petrified. I was in a large rectangular room with a door one end and a wall full of wardrobes covered in white sheets at the other. The clothes were period costumes. I called for help, and seemed to be looking for someone in particular.

I ended up in a water park although there were no water slides. I was on top of a tall pillar, probably about 100ft, just big enough for me to lie down. When I looked down I could see that it was surrounded by the water course. It started to sway and I wondered how I was going to get down. There was someone else on another pillar some distance away so I tried calling but couldn’t be heard.

Locked Door

There were 4 trees positioned in a diamond pattern with a door between 2 of them, but no solid walls. I watched someone open the door after using 2 different keypads to the side of it, and they disappeared as they walked through the doorway. An accomplice of mine couldn’t get his head round how they did it so I explained it, but didn’t have the keypad codes to show him.

Bowling Alley/'Sea Biscuit'

My friend and I were sitting on a couple of swings hanging from a tree. We looked out over a desert, hilly with scrubby bushes – her back garden. Acres of arid landscape. She was saying something about me going, not being able to see it when it’s all done. I said it was ok, and I would get to see the next one.

At the top of one of the hills was a concrete toilet block. I excused myself and wondered up the hill. As I stood at the entrance, I was able to see the ten-pin bowling alleys out back. I went to light a cig when a crowd of teenagers surged out of the ‘toilet block’, my son amongst them. I dropped the cig and it rolled under the stampeding feet. I went after it, but my son picked it up for me.

Next thing I am in my parents’ lounge and it was still decorated with huge yellow sunflowered wallpaper, busy carpet and kingfisher blue 3 piece suite, like it was when I was a kid. I had a hexagonal fish tank ready because my youngest wanted a seahorse. I got her one – yellow glittery outlined 2D on a piece of cardboard. The instructions said to drop it into water and watch what happens! So I did, and when she came home, she was delighted with ‘Sea Biscuit’. It was at that point that I realised it wasn’t real. I felt very silly so I went out right then to buy a real one.

Fish in Hot Water

I think I was cleaning out a fish tank. I ran water into the bath and put the fish in there. A yellow and blue one wasn’t too keen on being in there. I picked it up with tongs and inspected it. I went to return it to the tub and realised that I’d run a bath for me instead of the fish… hot and bubbly!! I quickly added cold and apologised to the fish for being so stupid. They were fine…

War of the Worlds

This was a slightly updated War of the Worlds… There were aliens on our planet, chasing us down like animals and massacring millions. I was running for my life with a friend and hid in a warehouse with a corrugated roof. We thought we’d be safe if we kept hidden but then a feeling of complete dread and terror came over us as we realised that we were going to die a very painful and gruesome death.

Search & Rescue?

There was a big ominous-looking mansion with outbuildings at the top of a cliff. A game show was being hosted at night time in heavy rain. There were a group of people holding torches in front of a converted stable block with green doors and shutters, the mansion in the background. There was a search underway for someone.

Things That Go Bump in the Night

I had just moved into in an old building with high ceilings, big sash windows and creaky floorboards. I was alone other than my baby son (who I couldn’t actually see). Once we were settled in, I sat on the single bed and heard a noise in the adjoining room that made me jump.

Mum and dad weren’t there, but there was an air of anger like we’d argued and they didn’t approve. Going about my daily business I was feeling generally ok except for a niggling sense of disquiet.

At nightfall, just before I climbed into bed, I heard a bang from the next room again. I tried to ignore it and pass it off as an old building noise knowing that there was no-one else in my apartment. I dozed off only to be woken shortly after to yet another bang from the same room as before. This time I knew something was wrong. I leapt from the bed and ran towards the door. As I grasped the door knob, I was overwhelmed by an awful feeling of foreboding. I was absolutely petrified, and knew at once there was a menacing entity beyond the door. For some obscure reason, I couldn’t just grab my son and leave.

Because of the layout of the apartment, I was able to look through a window on the landing and into the room from where the noise had come from. There was nothing much going on that I could see, so I walked back to the door, hand on the knob and forced myself to open it. My heart was pounding as I turned the knob. As quickly as I had opened the door, glimpsed inside and saw nothing unusual, the door slammed shut in my face and I was thrown backwards. As I sat on the floor, fear gripped me completely and I screamed.

I went back to the landing window to have another look into the room. I stood staring at something now leaning against the window. I had no idea what it was but it resembled a trampoline! Where at first it was static, it was now becoming increasingly animated. I felt pure unadulterated terror. I whimpered and fell to the floor, sensing impending doom.

Just then, my parents came crashing through the front door armed with prayers! I was so relieved. Whatever I’d been angry at them for was now forgiven in an instant.

[this left me feeling frightened and I kept thinking about it all day. I even drew the strange object at the window and a floor plan]

Postman Cat

My cat Willow was a Postie! But sometimes she was a dog, sitting in a puddle round the local shops…

Debris

When I woke up, I only had ‘snapshots’ of the dream – a canal, the ocean. I took the kids to eat out at a little café in a seaside village. We went walking along the canal and found lots of debris in the water like sticks and branches.

Tupperware/Werecats

I was over in France or possibly Italy with my best friend, standing in the middle of a ‘piazza’ or town square surrounded by shops and cafés. Something happened, although I can’t remember what, and we ended round someone’s apartment. The chap who owned it didn’t have a clue who we were. Two of his friends turned up, one of them threw up under the stairs, and then they sat around playing cards.

I got the feeling that we were hiding from someone. We left and ended up back at the town square standing beside a street vendor. Somehow we won a prize each. My friend handed me the first one (something quite small and insignificant), then proceeded to take the years supply of Tupperware, several clear plastic bags full of containers. I was pissed off but thought that I wouldn’t be able to get them home to Britain anyway.

Next there were 4 of us in a jeep driving through woods along a dirt track. We came across these huge panther-like creatures renowned for the viciousness. We pulled a tarp over us but panicked because my legs were sticking out like there was no front to the jeep. I pulled my legs up. I was terrified. The driver continued down the track even though he couldn’t see. As soon as we got adjacent to the big cats, we stopped and the tarp disappeared. The cats stared at us. One of them stood up – it was a werecat! It was almost human looking. I was very scared but went up to one and hugged it. They seemed ok and let us pass, relaying something about misconception.

Glimpse of the Past

I stood looking at a huge sprawling (possibly Tudor) mansion covering acres. I found the main entrance, thick oak double doors. It was cold and quiet when I first entered a stone hallway, not at all as big as you would expect. At the end was an arched doorway, which led to a narrow and dark passageway. As I walked slowly along the stone passage, it became gradually but noticeably warmer and brighter. At the end, I came to a huge open plan room with loads of people holding glasses of wine or champagne. The room had a stone floor in keeping with the hall and passageway, a high ceiling and big arched windows, some with stained glass. There was a sunken area with a large rich red rug. The heavy velvet drapes at the windows matched the colour of the carpet.

In a corner near where I had entered the room was a stone staircase. I went up the stairs, along various corridors until I came to what I thought of as my room. There was a period dress laid out on the bed. I went to the bathroom where there was a bath ready for me. I stepped into it and as I lay there I could hear the voices of servants. When I got out, I was helped into my dress by a couple of young peasant girls. Through the open door I could see a lot of activity along the corridor and in the room opposite – all were in period costume. Except this was not a fancy dress party. This was actually in the past.

I fell down some old worn stone steps and the temperature dropped suddenly. I found myself outside, seemingly miles from anywhere. I couldn’t find my way back to the mansion no matter how hard I tried.

[and even when I woke up I tried going back to sleep to find that mansion, it was that awesome and magical]

Forbidden Love

In a plush office suite, there was a party being held in honour of my birthday. I wandered off to one of the biggest offices to meet with someone I worked with. We met with conspiratorial smiles and started kissing and groping. I felt incredibly horny and ignored the voice inside that told me this was not a good idea as we both had partners. I led him over to the huge mahogany desk and sat on the pink blotter facing the wall to ceiling window overlooking a vast metropolis. I parted my legs and pulled him towards me, silky smile on my lips. We were frantic, tugging at each other’s clothes, breathing hard. He used his hands at first, but when we could deny ourselves no longer, he entered me there on the desk. We didn’t use a condom, but I did tell him to withdraw so that I wouldn’t end up pregnant.

When we had finished, we put on fluffy white dressing gowns. Then the shit hit the fan. Our co-workers walked in and knew at once what had transpired. They all knew his partner. I shit myself (not literally). My mum was there too and she was not very pleased with me either.

Unfortunately we had feelings for each other that we hadn’t bargained for. It was difficult enough, but when he told me he loved me, I nearly broke down, whispering that I loved him too.

Sex with the Boss/School Bully

I lay in bed with my boss after having partaken in carnal pleasures - disturbing enough. We were talking about all the information I had gotten out of certain people, including ex-employees. More disconcerting was the whole idea that I absolutely 100% worshipped him.

Then I was over in France visiting my mate. The first night she had to go to work so she gave me a few letters that she’d written to me but not sent. As she was about to drive off, I remembered that I had one for her too so I brought it out to her. She was very quiet from the moment I arrived, not her usual bubbly self. I didn’t mind that she had to work and quite happily agreed to babysit her kids.

The house was huge and scary with a massive stained glass window half way up the stairs. In the dark, a face kept appearing and then fading away every time I neared the bottom of the staircase. I was supposed to be clearing up, but I seemed to be making more mess. As soon as I swept something off the floor, more stuff appeared. There was cereal all over the ceramic tiled floor.

Next thing, I was in a school causing trouble because someone was muscling in on a guy I really liked. I pushed her over and consequently ended up having a fight with her. The guy in question was most impressed, dragged me off her and slipped his arm around my shoulders – I got the boy! I then remembered that I was supposed to be looking after my friend’s kids so I ran back to the house. She was already home from work; she wasn’t mad with me but was still very down about something.

[the first bit of this dream stayed with me all day, at work, with my boss. I felt rather embarrassed!]

Gold Lamé

I was stuck on a disused space station with no way of getting home. All attempts at reviving the shuttlecraft failed. The rest of the crew consisted of Jack O’Neill and Teal’c from Stargate. We stood around contemplating our options, discussing all possibilities but decided that it was pretty much futile.

Rather disturbingly, Teal’c was disguised as a woman, dressed in a gold lamé strapless dress, heels, green eye shadow and red lipstick! Even stranger was the fact that everyone he came into contact with was totally convinced that he was a woman (yes, everyone on the disused space station). We ate in a restaurant and the waitress started pinching food off my plate to give to my kids who were sitting on the floor. I got really mad at her and demanded a refill of my starter.

Parlez Francais?

Hubby and I sold everything and moved to Brittany. The house we bought (very quickly) looked lovely from the outside, but inside it looked remarkably like my parents’ 3-bed semi ex-council house from 20 years ago, including similar giant yellow sunflower wallpaper in the lounge. I kept wondering why we’d moved to France and bought this house.

Hubby got some casual work and on a day out with my friend who also moved to Brittany (for real), we found him working in a hypermarket sliding across the warehouse floor on his belly!! In a bazaar twist, he had a long floppy blonde wedge cut, when he actually has no hair and it was never blonde.

The kids happily went to a French school and everyone seemed to be getting by without speaking much French, which I couldn’t figure out. Everyone was really happy and relaxed but I felt that it was wrong, that I was missing something important and that my family were just pretending to be content.

Werewolves

Scary dream about werewolves

[I'd watched ‘Dog Soldiers’ the night before. Werewolves have that effect on me. I watched ‘American Werewolf in London’ when I was 13 and it scared the shit out of me. I had nightmares on and off for 6 months, and since then, have pretty much refused to watch anything with them in. I got cocky last night and figured it would be ok ‘cos it wasn’t that scary…]

Party

My friend (who has MS and is confined to a wheelchair) and her sister were trying to find the address of where a party was supposed to be held in a residential area. The street looked very much like that of a typical American suburb, with manicured front lawns and generous green back yards. They seemed to have been given the wrong address. They went up and down the road puzzling over the whereabouts of the gathering, her sister getting really annoyed at the injustice of it.

Mental Patient

I got to know a really sweet man who turned out to be mildly retarded. I became very attached to him. When he went missing, I was distraught. I told my boss about him, and he informed me that this man was a ‘Mental Patient’ and had been taken away. I was so frantic and upset because he was a beautiful person and certainly was not a candidate for a padded cell.

[I was in France at the time. This dream had quite an impact on me, stayed with me all day]

Dead Fish

Australia was a rock 6’ across! Me and a bloke I don’t recognise were walking around ‘Australia’ looking for dead dolphins but they turned out to be various types of fish, which surprised us. They were spread out around the rock, and even though we should have been able to see all around the rock without even moving, we carefully tip-toed around it in search of the unfortunate sea-life.

[currently in France]

Big Bird

As I watched from a building, very strong winds were picking up massive rocks and hurling them all over the place. A giant sparrow crashed into the ground beak first, which broke on impact. The bird died.

Kamikaze Aliens

Me and an unknown bloke stole a blue Mazda MX5, and then ran out of petrol just down the road at the entrance to a multi-storey car park. We panicked! When I looked round, there were tall reinforced glass buildings being attacked by miniature spaceships. They were crashing into the glass and bouncing off. A self-important Director-type of chap was very proud that his building was withstanding this attack.

The building next door was still under construction. My youngest daughter started climbing up the side of the structure with lots of other kids on a project or mission of some sort. I followed, and shortly after, we were attacked by the tiny aliens and escaped the building just before it was demolished.

Inside an office building, I was in the ladies loos having to change clothes to disguise myself. I panicked because I hadn’t shaved my legs, so I slapped moisturiser on and shaved away with a razor I just happened to have with me. My outfit was a red ¾ sleeved shirt, black ¾ trousers and black 4” spike heels. I think it worked but I was really stressed about it.

My Grandad was in the dream at some point.

Giant Laser

Buffy, Angel and Spike all featured, but always in the peripheral, never quite making it into the forefront of the goings-on. There was a giant laser cutting tool from somewhere in the sky, slowly and methodically slicing up London Road, straight up the middle of Crane Hill. Cindy and John (friends of my mother-in-law, except Cindy looked like my neighbour instead) were in the path of the gigantic cutting thingy which was on its way to destroying their garden. I helped them to collect basic necessities and make good their escape. My house was the next target, a big one storey stone farmhouse. I hooked together 2 big blue Volvo estates, which looked more like 2 low coaches strung together, and flung everything I could lay my hands on, including various furniture, into the cars ready for my getaway.

Monica/Jet Li

Monica (from Friends) had got a baby. She left it in bed with a bottle of milk and ran from the room laughing and shouting, “The baby is dead – at last I get some peace!”

Jet Li was doing some funky moves in an Oriental-looking garden, some kind of meditation. A man sitting in an ornate tapestry chair inside summoned Jet Li to him and presented the chair to him as a gift to his servant.

Beach & Trees

On a huge beach with sand dunes, I was looking at a house built on the sand, wondering why it didn’t sink. An older version of my youngest daughter was staring at a sunbathing bloke that she fancied.

Then I was in a wood with unnaturally tall trees, looking for something - a friend, I think. It got a bit hazy when I woke up.

Car Park

I was standing in a Tesco car park, but not one that I recognised. I wasn’t shopping but I went into the store anyway for something. When I returned to the car park, it was twilight and there was a man standing near my car. I felt an urgency that I couldn’t explain and started to panic. I tried various car doors, ran in between them in a wide circle around my car trying to get to it without being seen.

Rope Bridge

I was crossing a rope bridge. The wooden planks were new and very evenly spaced, and spanned about 100 metres across a seemingly bottomless void. At the end to which I was heading, was a concrete platform approximately 2m wide, and off that was a door in a sheer rock face that went up so far I couldn’t see the sky. There were air stewardesses waiting at the door, greeting me with big smiles. I was about to take a plane trip...

New York

I was in New York, except it didn’t really look like New York, at least not that I’ve seen. I was crossing a road, using a zebra crossing and I was looking for something, but I can’t remember what it was. One of the Managers from work was there, calling to me from across the road. There were definite sexual undertones, but nothing actually happened.