Let’s start off with a fancy schmancy dinner party/theatrical production. I’m sitting there with my new gay best friend, who I’m just meeting for the first time and who doesn't have a name but is fantastically well dressed, and he’s so excited cause it’s his boyfriend’s directorial debut, and I’m going to be SO excited when I figure out what they play is! But he won’t just tell me, he wants to see the look of joy and surprise when I first realize what it is.
The curtain goes up, and who is standing there but a 7 foot tall, red headed Frankenfurter. I am, I’m joyous. The Rocky Horror Show! I love it! And not only is Frankenfurter a giant, his identical twin brother is playing Rocky. They look exactly the same, crazy facial hair, costuming, everything, except Rocky’s hair is bleached blond. I think playing up the twin thing is a weird costuming choice, but meh, sometimes people just have different ideas, and it’s still full of singing, dancing, and drag queens. I’m in heaven.
Then, at another long banquet table, I spot my mother sitting there with my two youngest sisters, and I’m not so sure how child appropriate this play is. I mean, I wasn’t allowed to watch Rocky Horror until I was 16, even though I fell in love with it on my 13th birthday when I discovered its existence, and here’s Robin, watching it at twelve? Oh well, I guess my mom’s the mom, she can let her kids do whatever she feels is best.
After the play, I was running into so many of my favorite actor friends at the after party, that I was ok with the fact that I had been separated form Best Friend and his boy. I even ran into my friend Jon, who I was so excited to see, since I had seen him in a play a little while back, and hadn’t been able to stay after the show to speak with him. We were just settling down for a nice chat, when all of a sudden I find myself in my parent’s kitchen.
And it is pandemonium in there.
There are sisters and Kraczeks and nephews and nieces all over the place! There is a big game of Castle going on, where one of the nephews and one of the Kraczeks are in cardboard box suites-of-armor, and there are several princesses, and the littlest nephew is a dragon, and he’s running around ‘ROAR’ing at everyone and giggling in delight, as the knights try to vanquish him and the princesses scream and run away. I'm pretty sure Zoe was stuck in the cardboard castle they'd made, somehow she'd gotten in, but couldn't get out without breaking it, cause it really wasn't Zoe sized. Kind of like in Alice in Wonderland, when she goes into the house and then eats that cake and turns huge.
And sitting at the kitchen table is my Connor, who I haven’t seen in so long, and I’m so happy to see him! But he’s helping some Kraczek brothers make pancakes, so I leave him be and go off in search of my mother.
Guess where I find her? In my old shower, which she has turned into a sewing room. Up until this point in my life, I’d never noticed how large and cavernous my shower was. It easily fits my mother, her sewing machine, and her boxes of fabric, at least 10 times over. Oh! And my puppies are there! And we wrestle for a minutes, cause we’re always excited to see each other. After wrestling, I look up to see my mom fitting Robin into a dress while chatting away with Julianne, who’s son is upstairs being a dragon, and instead of interrupting (i’m not into interrupting throughout this whole dream, it seems), I go out of the shower, and find my old closet, where I have a ton of clothes I need to go through and see which ones I still need, and which I need to give away. Here, I come across my favorite grey pants, which just don’t fit me anymore. Back into the shower.
I was going to offer these pants to Julianne, but then I realize that M'Recia is there as well, and she'd fit equally well into these pants! So I go off in search of another pair of ill-fitting pants to share with my other friend. I find some! And back in the shower/sewing room, they fit Angela perfectly.
Yes, M'Recia turned into Angela. That happens in dreams sometimes.
All of us girls are now talking and giggling, and then for some reason, it's just Julianne and I outside of a coffee shop in the most colorful part of downtown Salt Lake. All of the buildings in this corner of town are set up like building blocks, super colorful building blocks. And we’re going to a coffee shop to meet with my friend Dallas, who I haven’t seen in forever! Probably because he’s moved to New York, but he’s back visiting, so we’re all getting together in this most colorful back alley. When we actually meet up with him, Dallas says that he’d love to go get coffee still, but only after he shows me something, so we walk around the corner to a giant costume shop. Turns out, the reason he’s in town was to see Rocky Horror, which he was going to the next night, because a really good friend of his had done all of the costumes for it, and Dallas had thought I would enjoy looking around his shop.
Which I totally did.
There was so much to look at, frills and ribbons, and fluffy skirts everywhere! And there was a definite Drag vibe going on- probably from the whole Rocky Horror, sweet transvestite thing. It was a blast. And then off to coffee. And then back to my parent’s house.
My parent's basement hallway to be exact. I'm basically teleported there, and I pretty much run smack into a boy. But not just any boy- Trenton! I hadn’t realized it, but it’s August, and he’s come back for his birthday! I’m so excited to see him, I give him a big ole kiss. That’s when I realize his face is really gaunt, and his whole self looks tired and worn and stressed. But I don’t dwell on that for too long because TRENT’S HOME! I run up the stairs to tell everyone, and everyone’s already there!
Kaden and Brayden and Jadryn, and all of those ‘en’ names, as well as Derek and Val, and all of the Becks, including old Stephen- not mission Stephen, and Danielle, and Kelsey, and Devan! Devan took leave from the Navy to celebrate Trent’s birthday with us! And everyone who was previously in the dream, they’re there, and their families are there.Even Cassidy and Trevor and Julie, who don't even know Trent are there to celebrate. Just so many people.
And looking around, I realize the only person who’s missing is Connor. But then some arms wrap around me, and basically everything is perfect. Everyone I love is in one room.
And that was my epic dream from last night.
