the dream
i’m in an airport in northern california with everyone i know, and the place is packed. we are all headed back to LAX, and on the load speakers, they announce that all flights within california now have increased security. the line is outrageous. i look at my friend john and another friend christine and decide that we should go to pennsylvania instead. we cut through lines, and everyone is outraged that we are pushing through them. when we get to the front the security guard asks us where our flight is going, reminding us that if we are going to another airport in california, we have to get in the increased security line. the airport is chaotic. we tell him we are going to pennsylvania. we are allowed through. everyone is shouting at us from behind for cutting. we go through typical security procedures. there are elephants everywhere. we are almost late for our flight. as we begin to run towards our gate, i realize i don’t have my shoes on. i go back to find them. an elephant has his trunk in the shoe. i can’t get it away from him. i scream, and he lifts up his trunk. i grab it away from him.

and then i wake up.