Dream

Posted on February 25, 2009 in Dreams

I’m working in a corporation. Seems that things have gotten a lot better in that workplace. For a several years, things went quite poorly for the company — the furniture was falling apart, everything was dirty — but now it’s all squeaking clean and shiny. I say to others “Now it is like things were before the layoff. How I used to want to get laid off, too, but they kept me here and now it has all worked out for the better.” I have a drink at a water cooler, then walk through several hallways to another part of the company. After I reach my destination, I turn around, passing through a shopping mall which, apparently, was on my route. I see a woman climbing a ramp. I assume this leads to a moving walkway, an opportunity which I seize because it will help me return more quickly. I ascend the ramp, but when I reach the top, it just slopes down. At the bottom, I find myself on another side of the island where my company is based. It’s miles to the office and I have only a few minutes before my break is over. I rush through streets past children playing and a man riding a lawn mower. (It does not occur to me to just backtrack.) I end up in a blue-shadowed alley. A man working at a drafting desk laughs at me because I am going to lose my job.