  I dreamt of an old friend last night. Her name is Emily. I have only had dreams of her on a handful of occasions. All of those dreams came just before enormous changes in my life. All of those changes, were completely unexpected. All of them were wonderful.
I guess she represents that change because she was so special to me. But I have no idea what is about to happen. The dream last night was very pleasant. We had, of all things, an art class together. It was a long narrow white room filled with tables for working on. One side of the room had tall windows from ceiling to floor all along the wall.
And plants hanging from the ceiling in between the windows. I never saw the walls behind me, until I went through the door, at the end of the day to leave. I sat at one end of a long 10 foot table about 4 feet off the ground. Very tall for a table. Emily sat on the other end and there were several other people at the table and all around the room. The entire room was filled with laughter and play.
And her eyes were, as always, shining and smiling as she laughed. We talked at great lengths throughout the class. Catching up on old times and making new memories. Somewhere during the day the teacher called me to her desk and had me go through a small black box full of pictures. They were all pictures of Emily through out her life. She said it was time for me to have one.
I couldn't help feeling that I had to be secretive about it. Even though the teacher was assuring me it was ok. I guess it had been so long, of keeping her quietly within me and only sharing her with a few friends. I went through all of the pictures and they were all wonderful. They were each from different points in her life. So it was like me getting to finally catch up with her.
Finally I came across a picture of such beauty, that I had to hold it and stare. That's the one I kept, and I put it inside my pocket and went back to the table. I don't know what any of us were working on. Some people were making sculptures, I was drawing. But most of all we talked. We talked like old friends.
Toward the end of the dream I went outside and it was this giant mall that I seem to visit from time to time in my dreams. It looks like I giant space station. With a giant metal cone in the center of it all. The narrow part of the cone points down and it widens as it goes up, but it goes so far up that you can't see the top or the bottom. There is an enormous gap between the cone and the walkways that go around the mall. When you look up you can see light streaming down and all around, filling the building.
The place that the classroom is, is a great white hallway, with clothing stores on either side, and the doorway to the classroom, is tucked in the back of one of these stores. I can't remember much else from the dream, only that there was something I needed to do. Something I needed to do for Emily. But I can't remember. Dammit I can't remember. --Will 
