Stress death dream / Most outrageous sports moments

Had an interesting dream last night: A bunch of us were on a cruise ship, and we decided to explore the pool deck. We were having a lot of fun on the cruise, when Derek called on the last day to inform Erin that their grandma Paula was dead. That definitely put a damper on things, so we went to collect Pastor John's kids from their arts and crafts session. Josiah, Hannah, and Noah were acting up: scattering papers and various art supplies all over the floor, defacing other kids' artwork, having multiple temper tantrums, etc. We reprimanded them sternly in front of everyone else, and dragged them out of the room after we made them apologize. Rosanna and Samantha's mom exclaimed that her necklace (with white seahorse beads) was about to shatter, and break it did right in front of our eyes. Everyone tried to help her pick up the pieces, but to no avail. After we disembarked from the ship, we were immediately pressed into duty as runners at a central bank which coordinated US war activities in Iraq. There was this one girl who was billed as "the only sister in America without any patriotic duties" - she was dressed in a red-and-green shawl, cape, and covering. She turned red pretty soon since the call centre duties exhausted her because she was running around all over the place. Turned out she had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and was dead soon after from all the unaccustomed stress. Eric and I then plotted other things over GAIM - oh, the humanity! o_O

No, I don't have a clue why my subconscious decided to process the new pastor's kids as unruly hellions. They seem nice enough, if a little quiet / shy. That's perfectly understandable, though! I have an idea what the shattering necklace meant, however. AIYA.


Went to the Hos for dinner last night. It was nice to see Holly, Peter, and Myles again; also, it was nice to meet Harmony's parents and Myles' girlfriend (of nine months) Brittney H. Steph saw a half-finished puzzle laid out on the living room table, and instantly was captivated even if all the pieces looked the same after a while. Holly's had it out for months or a year, which explains the puzzle piece-shaped imprints on the cardboard! Poor Myles didn't really want to get involved, and wanted to keep his 33% winning ratio - one out of three ain't bad! We watched various sports stuff, including the 50 most outrageous sports moments - Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield's ear, anyone? Had a good dinner, topped off with various ice wines and some beer. We got to interact with Harmony via webcam - I was amused when Auntie Wing Yee told Myles to be polite when he commented that all Harmony could see from a certain angle was people's butts! Steph and I made fists at Jon, and told him that he could pay the ultimate price twice over! Talked to Harmony about how my parents had dressed Jon up as a little girl once - so funny! Discussed green colors, meeting people at church Fellowship, relationships, "ugly" wedding dresses, beading, hockey, cursing the Canucks, baseball, pillows, soup, ARCHIE comics, massage therapy, the Pussycat Dolls song ("we can reprise Jen / Andrea / Sheena at Holly and Peter's wedding for the FAMILY discount as long as we get to sing the REAL THING!"), the Spice Girls concert on Dec. 2, Awana (No Awana theme song at their church?! That's BAD!), photos, etc.

It was a pretty good time out, for sure! I got home with Mexican cashew nuts, a cookbook, an ensemble, chips, and more. Well-supplied, indeed... I've had the thought that I'd like a book about someone's culture - not just a cookbook, so we'll see. Encouragement is the way to go! He said that he'll always love me even if we break up and remain friends afterwards - I could say the same. I like it when he calls me "beautiful" as an endearment - NOT because I'm fishing for compliments, but it makes me feel special. :)