I see Nancy walking with Joyce and Margi. They are supporting her, but she is walking on her own. I am surprised. I thought she was on death’s door. I am driving up the hill on Cottage Lane Rd which is across the road from the driveway where I grew up. In the dream it is right across from it, but in waking life, it is a bit to the left. I wave and they wave back. They turn into the driveway which has three houses off of it. They go to the house on the left which is the first house. There is an elevator attached to the right side of the house. I see them get in and go up. They are going to where Nancy stays. I think I will follow them, but the dream ends.
(Another dream about Nancy?) Old Woman Slowly Rolling Out of a Parking Garage
I am just remembering the last scene: There is an old woman in a parking garage. She is in her car. The car is not really working, but she wants to leave. Somehow the car can slowly “roll”. There are two, young attendants there. They allow the woman and her car to roll out of the parking garage.
Daynotes:; Nancy died yesterday in her sleep at night on 7/29/23. I had not talked on the phone with her for a while. We kept missing each other a couple of weeks before. She battled cancer for 8 years. She was in hospice a good two months. It was difficult for her, however, she had many friends that came and visited.
I think the first dream is Nancy saying goodbye to me. The second dream represents Nancy leaving this world because her body is no longer working.
I am camping out in nature with Paul, Deb and Ben (?). At first we have separate sleeping spots, then we are together. We do not have a tent. We have a “make-shift” set-up. We have sleeping bags and material, some waterproof, that we use to make a tent-like enclosure. We create a square structure. Now it feels like it is just Deb and me. We put a cover over us to keep off the rain which it does do one night.
There are small animals and a couple of blond kids about 5-6 years old around. Some animals like rabbits keep getting into our enclosure. The kids also peek in and try to snatch things. Then a small horse/pony gets into the tent and sits down awkwardly. We look out of the “tent” and see a very large, blue and black snake. It is on the hood of an old car. It slithers off of the hood. It goes onto the ground and along side our tent. I know it is poisonous and I warn Deb about it.
Deb and I then go outside to rearrange things so the animals can’t get in. There is space at the bottom of one of the walls. I roll up this thick tarp to put on the side where the animals are getting in.
Next scene: Now it feels like I am in Shady Oak’s garage. Paul is there. He has taken the tarp I used for the tent and put it on the horse’s back. Now there is a huge side-winder rattlesnake that starts from the back of the garage and winds its way out. John Hedren is in the garage as well. I tell Paul and him about the snake (though it is pretty obvious!). As the snake makes its way out of the garage, my cat playfully jumps on it a couple of times. The snake ignores her and does not bite or attack her. After the snake leaves the garage I put the tarp back and rearrange things so animals, especially snakes cannot get in.
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Feelings: Happy Deb and I are not getting wet. A bit nervous about the snakes. A bit annoyed with the animals.
Daynotes: back from the cabin. Got frustrated when I tried to scan my paper work I want to share with Kathleen and Shaney re Nigel’s planes. I also texted a woman I know a bit who is in charge of a woman’s group at this “liberal” church about presenting dreamwork sometime. She said she would get back to me. I had a bit of PTSD related to feeling rejected. (even though she did not reject the idea/me yet).
Thoughts after sharing this dream with Dreamsters at our Dream Circle: Deb represents my high energy side and she is in charge right now. In waking life I have had good energy and have not let things get to me emotionally. (small animals, kids, rain (emotions) have not affected me.) I have rearranged things (the tarp) to protect myself from fear. (the blue and black, poisonous snake). The old car/truck that the snake slithers down from could represent my body, my past and/or my shadow. The horse and the masculine (garage, John and Paul) could represent my personal power. When it comes into the “tent”, it sits down, like it is making itself at home. It also shows up in the garage. The tent is square and so is the garage. Does this refer to my growth towards individuation? The side-winder and Mittens, my cat, are getting along. Are there parts of my psyche that are getting along? The side-winder has a unique way of moving through the world. This could showcase that I have a unique of being in this world. In the big picture, this dream may be pointing out how I am integrating my animus energy.
I am trying to get a photo of a large, life-sized mandala. I am having trouble “capturing” it. Then I run into an older woman who just cut another woman’s hair. I like how it looks. I ask her to cut my hair. She says yes, but first I need to put on a T-shirt. I walk back to where I keep my things and find a dark blue, old T-shirt and put it on. I then go back. Instead of the older woman, there is now a younger woman in her 40’s-50’s. I am not sure about her cutting my hair.
Daynotes: Birthday dinner with Kelsi, Keenan, Kim, Dalton and Paul. Nice to see everyone. We had the sex reveal. Kelsi and Keenan are having a girl. Her name is: Freya Diantha Diamond. I am excited it is a girl, but would have been fine with either sex. I am just glad Kelsi’s pregnancy is going well.
