Dream

Posted on December 1, 2009 in Dreams

The order in which these sequences are lost to me: it could go either way. In the first, I am called with another to deal with the problem of a cockroach infestation in a pair of break rooms at a recreation center. I tell the people that [[boric acid]] is the solution. Sure enough, after I spread it around the edges, huge heaps of vermin — including large hairy spiders — die in the night. To demonstrate how effective the cure is, I apply more in about a week and only a few tiny roaches turn up. “You can do this every six months,” I say, but change the number to every six weeks and then every month.

In the other sequence, I win a scholarship to explore the history of a coastal area. My sponsor — who is supposed to show me around — takes me to the top of a cinder cone from which we can see a long stretch of the seaboard. Room is close, however, and I feel that I am being pushed down the steep sides. I ask the other scholarship winners to move over and see that there’s lots of room in the crater. Later my sponsor shows me a place to buy hamburgers — I tell him that I am on a diet and must choose my meal carefully. He leaves me in a dorm room, but the next day comes to show me the coast. I’ve littered the room with [[Legos]], explaining that I have been working on some puzzles. He uses some to show me principles of faulting, then takes me where we can view some piny islands made of volcanic rock. I think how much this is like Maine.