Dreams

No I’m not talking about hopes and aspirations - I’m literally talking about dreams. We all have have messed up dreams (MUDs, or FUDs as you might term them.) At least I think we all do. I do anyway. They aren’t quite nightmares, but just really uncomfortable dreams. The common theme? I’m almost always traveling somewhere overseas, either going or returning. And not just a visit, but rather a major move. And I have absolutely nothing in order and I am completely unprepared. I might be sitting in an apartment preparing to return home, and I have way too much stuff to bring with me, and I hadn’t arranged for any of its shipment. How badly do I really need that toaster oven, right? Or I might be walking around the airport headed towards my flight, realizing that my tickets and passport is at home two hours away. Or I might be transiting duty stations, ending up at some waypoint and nobody has a clue where I’m supposed to go and report to next, and I’m just stuck.

What does this all mean? They say dreams are a projection of the subconscious, and the meaning is largely symbolic and not necessarily literal. I guess I must be expecting some sort of major transition, but what is it? There are usually people in these dreams, but rarely are they ever people I know. If there are any armchair psychoanalysts out there that want to take a stab at it, I’m all ears.