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|    Richard Silk to All    |
|    2020/02/14 Friday: Happy Valentine's Day    |
|    14 Feb 20 08:11:40    |
      From: dicksilk@gmail.com              2020/02/14 Friday: Happy Valentine's Day!              The main dream of recollection from last night began in a school-like       auditorium type setting, with a large, open ground area much like a basketball       court, yet with a second tier (such as at OHS.) I (the dreamer) and perhaps a       few other folk were being        called to a meeting of some kind (thinking NOT sport-related) but I may have       been a tad late and was directed to the upper tier, which required cutting       diagonally across the court, out the doors into the hallway, around to the       stairwell, then up to the        2nd floor.              On the 2nd floor, the setting changed such that even though I was still on an       upper floor, but with no wall: there was no longer a gymnasium beneath me, but       rather a shoreline view of sorts, perhaps 40 feet or so below: there was a       beach running        directly beneath me, from left-to-right, with the water coming in not so much       as a surf but stable, more like a lake. I sat near the edge of this upper       floor with the shoreline beneath my dangling legs, with the wild & crazy idea       of possibly taking a        leap into the water below, but knowing that, even if I made it far enough off       my perch to avoid the shore and make it into the water, the chances of the       water being deep enough for me to survive were minimal, bordering upon       non-existent.              Just then, my dog, Ginger, comes running up from behind me, apparently after       having followed me up the stairwell, and charged straight for the edge. I       extended my left leg outward, so as to give her a bit of an extended diving       board, and sure enough,        she ran along it and took a flying leap into the air, landing with a splash in       the water below! I was curious at this point to know if she survived, along       with other thoughts like what was going through her mind?!? to make such a       leap / dive, only to        find she'd not only apparently survived, but also ran up the stairs and come       back around for a *second* leap!              At this point, I was thinking if I did not extend my leg, perhaps she'd apply       the brakes and stop beside me, but no, she ran straight for the ledge and took       a flying leap into the air a *second* time! as if this were the most fun she'd       had in quite a        while!              I figured that without my extended leg to act as a plank, she'd land a bit       closer to shore, if not on it, and I became concerned as to her well-being /       outcome. I leaned forward and looked down, getting the impression she landed       *just barely* in the        water, such that her front legs may have contacted the ground beneath the       water line. (I sensed her mid-to-rear section would have been supported by       the water, but the pressure / PSI of her front legs may have been enough to       impact after having gone        through the water.) I didn't get an exact feel or impression of what happened       next, only that she had perhaps survived, and perhaps her front legs may have       become sore from the process, but I had the impression she survived.              Meanwhile, I found that my perch on the edge of this 2nd tier had become       questionable, at best. It felt like I was sitting on a slight ramp, such that       my center of gravity felt as if it were such that I was in immediate danger of       slipping forward and        off the edge (which would have *certainly* resulted in a hard landing on the       shoreline below) but even worse, I felt that if I *tried* to wiggle my way       back somehow, such an action would have immediately resulted in my slipping       and falling *forward.*        The only choice I had was to call for "HELP! HELP!" (and maybe a third       "HELP!") which triggered someone (like a dark shadow of myself from behind)       running up behind me. Somehow conveyed that I was in danger of falling over,       and so instructed him to grab        the fabric of my shirt behind my shoulder blades and simply PULL backward to       safety, which he (it?) did. |
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