What A Dirty Trick To Play On Myself
I had such a nice dream last night … Here’s how it went …
I heard a commotion outside our bedroom window and it woke Lynn and I up. I looked outside and there were a bunch of men on our porch jawing while the next door neighbor and his buddies were tearing down the chain link fence between our two houses.
We hurried and got dressed and Lynn went running outside to see what was going on just as this woman came to the front door and said they needed my help next door at the activity center for people with disabilities. (In real live there isn’t a center next door but in my dream it seemed right.) When I got there, people were walking around with notebooks, looking at the walls and the carpet and the crafts etc. I was embarrassed that it wasn’t in better condition but The Arc is non profit and it was the best we could do. I asked what they were doing and she just kind of gave me “stall” answers. There were people whispering together and I was feeling really uncomfortable and self conscious until Lynn came and sat by me and we started whispering about what was happening.
A man I recognized but couldn’t quite place came and whispered in the ear of the lady in charge, “We’re ready,” and as she said that I recognized the man as someone from that TV show where they destroy people’s houses and then build them new ones. I made eye contact with this lady and suddenly I started to feel dizzy and panicky. About then all these people came through the front door holding cameras and the crew walked in behind them.
I didn’t exactly react like you’d expect … I sat there stunned and couldn’t smile or talk or anything … my eyes welled up with tears and I didn’t know how to react. A million thoughts were going through my head, like “who called them … what are they going to do … is this on national television … how did this happen … and what will people think?
Then they showed me the plans for both a new activity center and a new, smaller house for us … and it was perfect! Exactly what I’ve always wanted to build for people with disabilities, and the floor plan for the house was one I’d drawn up myself … a beautiful mid sized home with a beautiful porch that wrapped around three sides of it. They told us it would all be “free and clear” and it all started to sink in and I was feeling happier about it by the minute … and then, darn it, I woke up for real and realized it was another of my crazy dreams. What a dirty trick to play on myself. I can live without the house but I sure wish I could build that awesome Activity Center for my friends with disabilities. I figure I could do it for $500,000 is all … any offers?
