Last night I had multiple dreams with the same theme. It's our last day in Australia, and we're getting ready for our flight.
In one, We're waiting for our flight by hanging out at an indoor pool. We sit against a wall. People play some kind of sport in the pool. Our friend Greg suggests we all join them—get in, clothes and all. I actually consider it and give some type of notion of this. Greg lets me know he was joking.
I consider wearing swimming suits the next time we wait like this. Then I start to wonder if we'd be allowed. Is it a public pool? I remind myself that no one is stopping us from sitting here. But it might be different if we tried to swim. Maybe you need a membership to get into changing rooms.
When we were in Sydney in 2009, we went to a pool. I'm not sure if it was considered a public one, but you didn't need a membership to swim there. You just paid a day fee.
I just googled to find the pool. It's called Cook Phillip Park. It looks like mostly it's a membership thing. But at the very bottom of all the choices and prices, they have Adult Casual Pool Entry for $7.40. I guess that's what we did.
Anyway, in another dream....
The airline keeps all the passengers together before the flight. It's like we're in a tour group. Before getting on the plane, we sit on bleachers/steps. They hand us coupons that can be used in Australia. I realize it's way too late to use them now, and this must be a tactic to get us to return.
Later...I joke around with family that we should make going-to-Australia a yearly winter-break or Thanksgiving tradition.
I think the keeping-everyone-together came from watching American Crime Story about the OJ Simpson trial. It reminds me of how the jury was often kept together for meals, shopping trips, etc.
There was another dream where...we're waiting in a room until it's time to get to the airplane/airport. We're waiting for a certain time or message letting us know we need to go. Someone sees that the time has already come and we didn't realize it. We start rushing to get ourselves together. I hurry and start throwing stuff in bags. I see stuff we never used in Australia, and consider whether I should just leave it behind. My mom starts talking to Jack while he's trying to get ready. It's totally not a good time. I let her know this. She acts apologetic, and I feel guilty for shutting her up.
That's a basic anxiety dream. We're going on an international trip soon (not Australia) so I think that's where that is coming from.
I do wonder why I had multiple dreams last night about LEAVING Australia rather than heading to Australia. And why was it multiple dreams about leaving rather than just one?
I feel my mind is trying to tell me something.
In one, We're waiting for our flight by hanging out at an indoor pool. We sit against a wall. People play some kind of sport in the pool. Our friend Greg suggests we all join them—get in, clothes and all. I actually consider it and give some type of notion of this. Greg lets me know he was joking.
I consider wearing swimming suits the next time we wait like this. Then I start to wonder if we'd be allowed. Is it a public pool? I remind myself that no one is stopping us from sitting here. But it might be different if we tried to swim. Maybe you need a membership to get into changing rooms.
When we were in Sydney in 2009, we went to a pool. I'm not sure if it was considered a public one, but you didn't need a membership to swim there. You just paid a day fee.
I just googled to find the pool. It's called Cook Phillip Park. It looks like mostly it's a membership thing. But at the very bottom of all the choices and prices, they have Adult Casual Pool Entry for $7.40. I guess that's what we did.
Anyway, in another dream....
The airline keeps all the passengers together before the flight. It's like we're in a tour group. Before getting on the plane, we sit on bleachers/steps. They hand us coupons that can be used in Australia. I realize it's way too late to use them now, and this must be a tactic to get us to return.
Later...I joke around with family that we should make going-to-Australia a yearly winter-break or Thanksgiving tradition.
I think the keeping-everyone-together came from watching American Crime Story about the OJ Simpson trial. It reminds me of how the jury was often kept together for meals, shopping trips, etc.
There was another dream where...we're waiting in a room until it's time to get to the airplane/airport. We're waiting for a certain time or message letting us know we need to go. Someone sees that the time has already come and we didn't realize it. We start rushing to get ourselves together. I hurry and start throwing stuff in bags. I see stuff we never used in Australia, and consider whether I should just leave it behind. My mom starts talking to Jack while he's trying to get ready. It's totally not a good time. I let her know this. She acts apologetic, and I feel guilty for shutting her up.
That's a basic anxiety dream. We're going on an international trip soon (not Australia) so I think that's where that is coming from.
I do wonder why I had multiple dreams last night about LEAVING Australia rather than heading to Australia. And why was it multiple dreams about leaving rather than just one?
I feel my mind is trying to tell me something.
