In my dream I'm having the typical problem: I have to get somewhere, I can't get there, I don't have what I need, I'm running out of time. The specifics: I'm in an airport trying to fly home. I finally find my gate and I'm relieved that I'm not too late to board. Unfortunately, I don't have my boarding pass or my ticket. Neither do I have a receipt. Briefly it seems that one of the employees will find a way to get me on the flight if I can produce two pieces of identification. I fumble through my wallet to find them but by the time I do, the offer has been revoked. I talk to a manager; she says she can help and then never comes back. I think I can see her at the other end of the office, feverishly searching through files, but she will not acknowledge me. I'm not going to be able to get home.
But for the first time in any of my frantic dreams like this, Hal is with me. At first I'm frustrated with him because he won't be flying with me. It's not clear how he's going to get home, but his only interest at that moment is to help me to figure out what I'm going to do. He's calm and positive. He's in no hurry and so he doesn't leave me during all of the time I struggle to find a way onto the plane. The same type of dream scenario that would normally leave me miserable and sweaty is, instead, merely frustrating. It's even slightly comical in that detached, zen way of looking at life's hassles. Because Hal is with me, it's entirely managable and will inevitably work out just fine.
Even though the dream ended before the transportation issues were resolved, I was left with the feeling that I was safe, essentially content, and able to find a way around the problem. I figured I was probably going to just take Hal's route home.
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