Dream log 09/18 - graduation...

I had this very odd dream last night. The experiences seemed very rich at the time, but at the same time there was a bit of stress of uncertainty.

I was graduating from MIT. My mom and my sister were supposed to be there, but for some reason, I'm not that focused about going to the ceremony. I do other things along the way and things still happen smoothly, but somehow I take little detours.

I start at a party, and I run into a friend of mine who is originally from Rwanda and that in reality I met later in life. I try to ask her about her social life. Then, somehow, I end up talking to this girl with sort of blond kinky, hair, and we chat a bit. We end up going back to her dorm room and hanging out, and generally having a good time. This girl is my friend from school, I know, but for some reason I don't remember her last name right. (Later in my dream when I introduce her to my mom, it was clear that for all that time I never knew there was a second syllable to her last name).

Anyway, in this dream, I am running kind of late stopping to just chill out with her and build a better bond. We go back to my dorm room so I can change to a nicer outfit. I also met up with my good friend (the same one that recommended the special eczema formula). Ultimately, I end up meeting my mom and my sister en route, and they are wondering where I was.

We end up getting to a part of the prepatory part of the ceremony, and there is seating for us, it's just upstairs in this overflow section that is filling up. I don't end up getting to sit with my mom and sister anyway, and we're watching some video anyway. Later, I end up going through a line of rituals they have as part of this ceremony which includes coloring the lips with these herbs and drinking a champagne with berries in it. I feel like I'm chronically late, but there is still a big line of people going through a big line of rituals to graduate, and I'm certainly not the last one...

Later, there's a party before the final event. I think what was going to be a small get-together at my house turned into something where there were lots of people coming and going. One of the people who left was my blond, kinky-haired friend who went to rejoin with her family. She invited me to join them, but I wanted to stay at my own house. One was a fellow in a wheelchair that lived in my dorm at MIT. This particular guy used an electric wheelchair when I was in school and was not in great shape. However, in this dream, he'd modified a razor scooter to get him around and had these huge arms. I also got in a conversation with a friend-of-a-friend who is really kind of out-of-shape but who in this dream was a big skateboarder and rollerblader. I'm having a great time at this party...

Unfortunately, I think I woke up before the final graduation, but this really felt like watching a movie...

I look back at this dream, and I think that what happened in this dream would have been very different from how I would have spent the time with such an event. Normally, everything would be very planned, and I'd have dedicated time to spend with certain people in my life.

What was interesting is that outside of one of my close friends from MIT, none of the other people that I would have expected played a role in my final celebration. Instead, I had a very different experience. It felt a bit stressful at times as I needed to figure out how to get from one place to another, but once I was there, the experiences seemed very rich...