Hand Shoppin Moppin

I was in a mall, and I had an item to purchase but instead of walking normally through the store I noticed a lot of people crawling and pushing their items through the store. I joined in and walked through a few departments, occasionally looking to see if others were still pushing their items. "This is silly!" I thought right before I stood up to see a man (also standing) looking disgusted at me. I suppose it's OK to walk upright if you're just browsing but it is a huge faux pas to do so after you've plucked an item.

I walked a bit until I began to notice people organizing the mall, and suddenly I walked into a grand display living room. The design was rich and Victorian. The paintings dominated the walls they were on, and the people that were cleaning were donned in fur coats and fancy hats. I looked over at a woman who shrugged a reply "It's better than cleaning your own house." I could relate to that statement for some reason.

I looked over at a woman and two little girls. Suddenly the dream felt like I was watching a movie. I went from active participant to distant observer. There may have even been a hint of smooth narrator but that's neither here nor there. In any case, I learned that this woman was hiding out from the law, and living with here children in this huge living room in the mall. I watched them interact, and I noted that her "little girls" seemed more like heavily trained 30 something killers.

The dream is a became fuzzy at this point. All I can remember is the mother was protecting her children, and was gunned down by the law. At this point in the dream I became one of the little girls. The mall workers/law enforcers were dressed like nurses but their outfits felt more like one of the suits the bad guys wore at the end of E.T. They were bringing food to me and my little sister; however, they kept us locked up in the mall living room, presumably because we were so dangerous. I was devising an escape plan, and though thwarted many times we eventually escaped, though I can't remember how.

I was myself for the next part of my dream, and I was sitting on a building in Scranton City with Dan. We were watching this crazy woman talking about faith and doing crazy stunts. She claimed faith allowed her to jump with ease from a height that I wouldn't attempt to jump from. I remember thinking this woman was both annoying and mad (crazy). I don't quite remember but I'm pretty sure she had broke into song, and one of her stunts was suddenly taking place behind us. "FAITH!!! It's what allows me to climb the triangles!" she sang and/or shouted to the crowd. The triangles that she referred to were actually a long string of Christmas lights. Apparently we were suppose to be impressed that she was climbing the Christmas lights because if she slipped lights would break off and cause potential damage to her hands. "This is stupid" I thought to myself, though I do remember being impressed as she ascended the lights.

Suddenly I was in the Sears Tower (in Scranton) with this crazy woman who wanted me to run up all the stairs of this building.....ALL 15 (impressive lol). She felt more like a motivational speaker at this point, and less of a religious nut, so I began to run up all the stairs. I decided not to count for a while, so I would be pleasantly surprised at how many flights I'd passed. She seemed to float beside me, and we were talking the whole way. "You know Arthur did this too!" Amy and Arthur must have been lurking in the back outside because I accepted that they were there. "Oh yeah?" I asked "How long did it take him?" The woman replied "About 10 minutes." I remember being impressed with this, and I replied "Oh, so that's why Arthur's been running!" I kept running, and eventually passed the woman until I got to the 10th floor. Up until that point the stairs were solid, carpeted, and surrounded by walls. After the 10th floor you could see all the remaining flights, and they were open metal mesh. They were also in the glass dome at the top of the building, so I could see exactly how high I was.

Everything felt like it was moving at this point, and I told the woman I couldn't do it. I told her I was having an "actual episode" because it truly looked like everything was swirling around me. Ya know....kind of like those cheesy effects they do when emphasizing a characters fear of heights.

At this point the stairs changed into crazy death traps that required balance, courage, and jumping to navigate them. Dan was there at this point with our kitties, and they were chasing bugs. I saw Okanini begin to fall, and I shouted for Dan to catch her. The dream dissolved as I woke up and BAM crazy dream :).