It took a while but I did get another sleep cycle in, and the bits of dream I remember toward the end was - I was using a smrtfon app to navigate the shopping mall and it reminded me of a video game, like Pac-man or the overhead tactical view in a CRPG. I encountered Derek Flubacher and he was married to [another high school classmate] and I woke up trying to formulate some kind of congratulations on making it work since high school in light of how my own affairs fell short of stability.
Not being able to name the girl Derek was married to in the dream, I pulled out my HS yearbook after breakfast. We had a pretty large graduating class to page through. I was reminded of a few people who provoked visceral feelings of contempt, but also many who I wished I had known better or stayed in touch with. In the end I decided the wife in the dream must be Shiela Chaplin, but much taller than real life.
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Not sure where to put this but it's not allowed to gather dust in my inbox forever, so:
Our State: A guide to Native Plants in NC
Our State: Tips of Planting a Bee-Friendly Garden (in NC)
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