architectural dream
this morning (wee hours, when my dreams occur), I dreamt that I was at a conference, and there was a fancy machine to make cheese toast, with something like gruyere cheese. my colleagues (white people) were kind of not letting me in there to get the cheese on my toast, and I tried to get in there, with my arm and hand reaching in, with my toast. it's not that they didn't want me there, it's that they were being selfish and wouldn't let me have a turn - i mean, it wasn't a personal attack, they were being self-centered.
then I was in a college lecture hall, a big room with fluorescent lights. the professor was friendly, the classroom milieu was friendly.
Then I was running up and down large marble staircases with silver handrails. Muted bright white light.
Then I was outside on campus, and had gotten a delicious hot chocolate, in a little ceramic mug, like at La Duree. I couldn't wait to drink it, put my lips to the cup, but it was still too hot. a friend greeted me, a guy (longish hair, newsboy cap, big smile, big nose). His big smile was the main thing I felt. I smiled and said Hi, I was in a rush to get where I was going.
There was an outdoor carpeted ramp, curving, to get back in the building, it looked cool. It was a sunny day. I ran up that, and then got to the stair case (bright white muted light there) and I almost did the thing where I grab on the handrail and glide quickly down, it's very fast. But I decided to use my feet, because of the hot chocolate.
But then I was running down the white marble steps
The whole time the dream was about having to move quickly, in case I missed something.
I woke up with my right knee bent, and was holding it in that position so tightly that my knee hurt.
the dream may be influenced by a friend coming to visit, sooner than they said they would and now I'm really in a rush to tidy up my house. Instead of having 7 days to clean my home, I have 2 days.