so I took a nap on the couch. and dreamed...

that Karine and I and Trillian and Bohdan went down the coast to my house in Oxnard. we got there and the house was very large but didn't have many rooms that one went to. there was a room in the back that was my bedroom.

we had only been there 3 weeks earlier but it felt like revisiting from many years of abandonment. I went to the room that was my bedroom and got lost in thought. it was dark and many items were covered in sheets. a loft or some other thing was to my left, past the closet which ate into the floorspace (making the room not-4 sided). there was a desk or table within reach as you walked past the closet to the loft. it had a lamp that was uncovered. I reached over and turned it on, slowly. it was getting late, from what I could see out the window to my right.

Karine came to where I was and said "what are you doing? we need to get ready." I went with her to this other room. there were a lot of people and dogs. including children. I can't put a number on it but it was more than a couple and less than a classroom. they were 8-10 years old. we were going to go to Santa Barbara. I don't know why although I did know in the dream. Karine was organizing it.

the room was large. about half the floor space, in a square of one corner, was sunk a couple inches. there was a rail going around that part for the most part, stopping short of the wall on each end to allow people to enter and leave the sunk in area.

one of the dogs, a medium sized sighthound mutt white with liver spots, didn't have his collar on. Karine needed to fix that but she had to watch Bohdan. she asked this black-haired little boy to hold Bohdan while she did this. I was shocked. wasn't she afraid Bohdan would bite him? the kid stood behind the rail, Bohdan was on the sunk part, and he held Bohdan close by the collar. he was barely taller than Bohdan's head. Karine put the collar on the mutt. an older lady went over to help hold Bohdan, who didn't like this at all.

we were waiting for Elena to get there. she was late. it was 3:30p and the place closed at 5. Karine said "normally Elena is so much more reliable than this. she's never done this to me before." we were cutting it close because Santa Barbara is about 45 minutes away. this kids weren't going to have much time there.

at this point a solicitor came to the door and woke me from my nap. since I was waiting for Elena in my dream, I just sort of rose up and opened the door. oops.