a dream - post 75

in addition to my inability to sleep, i'm now having weird dreams too.

i was driving a charter bus similar to one i drove at a livery company i worked at last year (but the main passenger entrance door was in the wrong place - set too far forward).  i was in an alleyway.  it was nighttime.  i waited (as usual).  passengers began to load.  a small group came and said that the main group told them they could ride with us.  i let them board.  one passenger was princess.  she didn't acknowledge me other than a slight nod of her head towards me.  they sat in the rear.  i resumed waiting.

after a while, a larger group began to mill about outside.  eventually, they began boarding.  through my windshield a woman caught my eye.  looking again, i realized it was my goddess, athena.  she smiled warmly.  as passengers continued filing on, she kept drawing closer.  when she boarded, we smiled briefly and i extended my right hand to her.  she took it.  i held hers tight as she walked away.  finally, she was far enough that the pressure from our grip snapped.  suddenly, i felt a hand on either side of my face holding me and a pair of lips press into the top of my head through my very closely cropped hair.  she vanished after that.

the two generic women seated to my right were talking about writing for a local magazine.  i began to comment that i was discussing an article idea with the editor, but before i could, the group leader directed me to leave.

there was a drive to the destination.  a lot of chatter behind me.  once, i saw princess looking angrily at me in my mirror.  i arrived at a parking garage.  it was one from niagara falls.  i recognized it's location, but i was still supposed to be in the midwest.  i got out to look for the place they were going and left them there.  when i returned they were filtering out through a door (which didn't exist when they were loading).  i pointed them towards where my directions indicated they were going.  i was told that this wasn't the right place.  my directions were inaccurate (that happened a lot).  as the passengers were walking by, i didn't see my princess or my goddess.

i woke up at this point.  it was strange.  vivid.  unusual.