Dreams Are Amazing

WOW!  What an amazing couple days.  We had the strongest winds in quite a while.  Power went out for a while, trees down, a car on Lakeshore Drive was crushed by a tree, downed lines and a mess of a front porch, deck and yard for me.  Things are a bit back to normal now.  It is very, very cold here....between 46 and 51 degrees...however the sun is out.  Next week is going to be in the mid 70's and close to 80 by Friday! 

Today is the Oktoberfest in Douglas.  We went to the parade at noon.  Activities are going on all day.  Friedl, Marguerite, Drew and I are going tonight about 6:00 for the celebration.  I will wear my Austrian shirt, hat and jacket!  The jacket will be perfect for the chilly night it is going to be. 

I had the most amazing dream the other night.  It was so real it was unbelievable.  Vivid too!  I could tell it like it was something that actually happened.  I will try to relay it below.

I was leaving the Kirby House to drop off two envelopes at the mailbox.  As I left there were two guests coming in the back door to check-in.  I think Marguerite was here to check-in the guests or something because as they came in I saw them but still left out the front door.  It was dark out and there was snow on the ground, so it must have been a winter's evening...maybe 7:30 p.m. or so.  As I approached my car there were other cars coming in the lot.  Apparently I must have had some event going on.  A woman from one of the cars that pulled in got out of her car and entered the passenger side of my truck.  It is someone I know.  I just figured she wanted to chat with me or tell me something and so she decided to come along with me.  As I pulled out of the lot I noticed rain drops on my windshield and assumed it must have rained.  I stopped just before exiting the lot to check for oncoming traffic.  As I looked around I saw a big cluster of clouds in the sky with a beautiful rainbow protruding out from it.  I said to my passenger, "Look at that awesome rainbow."  As I looked at it, it became much more brilliant.  And then shot to the side and enveloped this planet, the moon or something I assumed.  Then the colors became just amazingly brilliant.  Like nothing I've seen before.  Then, this "planet" looked like fireworks were shooting out from it.  I began to feel like that was heaven or something and thought of the "rapture."  It felt as if my body was lifting...or my soul was lifting.  I was trying to keep my foot on the brake pedal so the truck wouldn't take off...then "bam" I woke up. 

Two night's later I had a dream I was driving with my brother David.  I haven't dreamt of David in years.  In the sky I saw the cluster of clouds and the same rainbow appeared...I said to David "watch, look what's gonna happen."  Then I woke up.

Dreams are amazing.  - Jimmy