random thoughts – Day 2,136 (Wednesday) – be prepared

I recently had a dream that I remembered, mostly because it was right before I woke up, and also because it seemed like a clear message telling me to get my arse in gear.

In the dream, I was performing in a stage show and had invited a woman I knew in Tennessee to attend but I don’t think we were in Tennessee. I couldn’t find her in the crowded auditorium to play hostess and thank her for coming, show her to her seat, etc. Then, suddenly I was sitting at a dining table with a belly dancer/DJ I knew in Tennessee and we were chatting and I got food on my all white street clothes. 

Then, the curtains opened and the show started, and I realized I had about three dances to be dressed and ready to be on stage with my troupe. That’s when I realized I had forgotten to bring my costume with me. And I was racing though a massive and confusing hotel/conference facility (which has appeared in my dreams several before). The dream facility has staircases that dead end at bistro dining areas, and long tiled hallways like in my elementary and junior high schools. I was panicked, running up and down poorly lit stairwells where men in dark coats lingered in the shadows. I was thinking how our Massachusetts dance troupe leader was going to kill me and also that maybe I could wear my now soiled street clothes on stage and nobody would notice. That’s when I woke up. Whew.

Once awake and caffeinated, I took the hint. I finished sewing my costume for the February show. It still needs accessories, but the basic garment is completed. I listened to the music for the dance, running the steps in my head. I danced to the video we did last night when my duet partner and I finished the choreography, except it was hard to see on my phone screen and I haven’t yet figured out how to see it on my laptop. I do not need to be panicking about being prepared. I will be prepared.