A few dreams to share...

Had one dream that one of the guys living in the apartment above me came downstairs and knocked on my door. When I opened it he said "Yeah...listen... we have a bit of a problem. It's the volume at which you play your music... it's a bit too loud.". I replied: "Well, I'll tell ya what. I'll make you a deal. YOU stop stomping around at all hours and waking me up and I'LL stop playing my music so loud. Deal?".
Then I shut the door in his face.
Think some of my real life angst might just be playing out in my dreams? lol. Yeah, I think it's a safe bet.

Another dream I had was clearly inspired by something I had read in real life. It was a post by a blogger named Rinat (whom I have met in real life on a trip to Israel this year), in which she talked about a restaurant she likes in Jerusalem. My brain took what I read and turned it into a dream...

In this dream I walked into a tiny little restaurant in Jerusalem where I was supposed to meet a guy I knew (and know in real life). As I entered the restaurant I looked around and then spotted the table with my friend and all his friends. As I was making my way to the table I thought to myself... hm.. I wonder if Rinat happens to be here? I scanned the room looking for her, but didn't see her. When I got to the table my friend introduced me to all his friends, one at a time. But there was one name that I recall specifically for some reason; one guy's name was Mike Cartier. I don't know why I recall that so well, maybe because in the dream I thought it was strange that an Israeli guy had such a French name.
Anyway, there isn't much more to the dream. I sat down and spoke briefly to the guy beside me about the menu and when I opened it I noticed that all the food was comprised of fresh veggies cut up into animal shapes. There were pictures of the dishes, and a variety vegetables were used to create various creatures. The one I recall the most was a giant Orca whale(I have no idea what veggies they used to get the black and white of the animal, I just remember being amazed at the detail of the creation). Oh, and underneath the Orca picture was the word Thai. Was the chef Thai? Was the whale Thai? The vegetables? I have no idea what the connection was.

Last night I had a dream I was somewhere that seemed like some kind of class setting. I was sitting at a desk taking notes when I got a call on my cellphone. The call was a friend asking me if I was ready to help out 'Michael' because he was in really deep trouble (ie: abusing drugs and alcohol) and it was time to step in before it was too late. I said I would be there as soon as I could and hung up. The guy in the desk beside me (apparently a friend or boyfriend) asked me if everything was ok. I said no, I had to go help Michael because he's in serious trouble. I was on the brink of tears as I packed up my stuff.
Oh, btw, the Michael in the story.... is Michael Jackson. LOL!!!

I headed down to a cafeteria type of setting and saw a whole bunch of people, mostly men of various ages and ethnic backgrounds. Many were skinny and emaciated and dirty looking. I had gone down to pick up a cheque of some sort, and it seemed that these guys were as well (perhaps a government assistance cheque). But these guys were all in a program that taught them how to handle and budget their money, so they were all made to sit around and write out a budget before they were given their cheques. So here was a room full of guys with pencils and three-ring lined paper on which they had drawn columns. 4 or 5 columns across, and several rows down. I tried to read the titles of the columns but only saw one that said "Rib". I had no idea what that meant. Disturbed and a bit sad by all this I grabbed my cheque and left.