Dreaming of co-op deaths and little girls / Calling Rosenda for the first time / Dallas over

I overslept today since I set my alarm for the wrong time, so didn't make it to church. However, I did catch up on my sleep (almost 12 hours' worth) and had another weird dream to tell the blog universe about.

I was in a co-op setting with a bunch of other people and staff. We helped out with the chores and daily things around the house in exchange for room and board. There was this one day we were washing the dishes when my mom came in and told us that someone we knew well had died. Instantly, we all went into a group hug and cried at that. Then certain people redoubled their efforts at doing chores such as junking things into green garbage bags and double-bagging (or triple-bagging) the results!

Later, we were driving around town and noticed some people we knew at yellow picnic tables: Ivan's mom, Natalie, Janette and Theresa Ng, etc. We thought that was fine since some conference WAS wrapping up. But then we passed by again some time later and the little girl Janette was still there all by herself! We asked her where everyone had gone, and she said they had to pick up some stuff, but would be back later... they'd given her some toys to play with in the meantime. Sure, it was a safe area of town, but we stayed with her anyhow. Then I woke up when some people were industrious in knocking at my door to ask me whether Tony was home. Uh... shouldn't you know which suite the person lives in if you know him?! o_O

Then I washed up and decided to call Rosenda to wish her a happy birthday since I couldn't see her today at church because I wasn't there. I bet she was kinda surprised I remembered, or maybe not since I'm fairly sure her husband (my old friend) David has told her about my memory for birthdays! We talked for a bit: she was born in the same year as my brother, heh. She asked where I was this morning since she didn't see me (I assume she normally does from the back of the sanctuary where she is with Ian), and then asked whether I was okay. Yup, just fine... no real complaints here!

After that, I called my sister's cell to tell them why I'd overslept. My sister asked whether I'd heard her and Mom knocking at my window and calling me in the morning: nope! Then she thought I'd been unconscious from a heart attack or something, so apparently she and Mom were worried all day since they got no response. (uh... right...) She said that they were dropping stuff off for Justin's grandma, then picking up Dallas and Jon from some coffee place. Also, she sacrificed the car to Flime (brother's nickname), so it'll be a daytrip tomorrow for her and Viv. Good thing, too: I intend to make her sign a whole pile of greeting cards tonight! (apparently, they have stuff for me as well...)

Since Dallas is coming over for dinner, I'll join them: I don't THINK my mom will be all Asian, but you never know! I have a bunch of comments from the weekend... I'll probably get to them later since people will pick me up later for a ride over to the townhouse.

Edit: Apparently, Dallas and Jon are in Chinatown. They're watching live fish flapping around... good times! They'll be here at like 6 or so...