Okay CN, I'm here on the fly trying to type this up before I forget!
I don't even remember what your question was... something about going to conferences that are on the same day.
yep! that's right.
In the dream my husband drew a bath for me. My husband was in the room talking to me about Angry Bird stuff we were planning to sell. I didn't want to sell it because it was stuff our kids liked, and it was still fairly new to us. My dad kept walking in because he was wanting to get a shower himself. I kept covering up and telling him I wasn't done and he would leave. He did this two times I think. But then other people were showing up, and I was getting irritated that my water was getting cold and I hadn't even washed myself. I was blaming my husband for running fairly cold water into the tub in the first place as well. It was like the warmth of the water didn't last very long, and with all the distractions of people walking in, it got cold in no time.
well, I had to look up some of this stuff to try and gain some insight. The bathtub can be about self-renewal & escapeing every day problems, trying to be rid of the burdens I've been carrying and wanting to relax and find pleasure. This is true with both conferences.
To dream of taking a bath indicates cleansing the outer & inner self--washing away difficult times and getting rid of the negative feelings. This is all true---mostly with the medical conference.
Dreaming of being cold symbolizes a breakthrough in some area in my life. Now, with the medical conference, it will definitely be a breakthrough for me-as I am hoping to not only learn more about this medical condition but to hopefully be pointed in the right direction as to what TYPES of specialists to see and where some are in the U.S. (East Coast) that are trained in the condition I have.
I only just recently (as a side note here) found out that the numbness in my right arm was actually able to be treated! and, so, I was--for a mere 14 days of taking medication - and the numbness is GONE!
it has come back a few times--but not anywhere near what I had experienced in the last 12-15 years EVERY DAY OF THESE YEARS, and all the hassles with other very expensive treatment and meds thrown at me that did NOT help and then being brushed aside too.
I have been to NUMEROUS doctors, specialists, and you name it and found NO relief in the last 12-15yrs. or more. In and out of physical therapy, braces, and talks of numerous types of surgery (which I avoided)--massage, and so on... Then along comes my new doctor, (I've seen her only about 4x) and she knew exactly what to do - and it only took 14 days! It really bugs me that all those other specialists and doctors and everyone in 3 different states pretty much wrote me off and told me to 'just deal with the pain' after trying so many things (expensive things too, some our insurance wouldn't cover).
I am hoping this conference can continue to enlighten me with other ideas/doctors, etc. So, this is very apt, I think.
At some point, John Francis Daley (an actor that plays a psychiatrist on my favorite show Bones) was in the tub with me, along with one of my friends and my daughter, while my husband was still talking to me. John was closest to the faucet and I reached over to drain some of the cold water, and turned the hot water back on. Somehow, we all fit okay in this tub. LOL As I was running more hot water into the tub, I told my daughter, in a way that I normally do to give her a warning, "You've got 5 minutes, and then everyone is getting out so I can get my bath." And then I ran the hot water for about that long, and I felt like everyone was going to listen to me and respect my space and let me get a bath. But I didn't see that part, it switched over.
I do know John Francis Daley, as I sometimes watch Bones too. And, somehow, telling your daughter, "you've got 5 min!" is good for me too--because I am ALWAYS telling my daughter that a mom trying to shower or bathe NEVER has any privacy until ALL the kids are grown and out of the house--and the hubby is at work (if mom doesn't work - like me).
she is currently a mom of 2 and a dog--and every time she goes into the bathroom for a bath/shower, the whole family--INCLUDING the dog follow. We were just talking about this a few days ago. funny you dreamed this and that line!
The next part of the dream I noticed that my immediate surroundings were outdoors, with ice and snow. I saw a woman driving a weird car -- it was a car, but there were seats stacked about three tiers high with people in them, and it looked like some form of sport or entertainment for people to basically 'hop' around in this car on the ice. The point seemed to be to gently crash into things and get a little wild and reckless to use the weather to its advantages, I guess. LOL In the dream, I remember others talking around me about this woman that I saw being kind of famous for giving these kinds of rides and I thought I might like to try it out. But my friend, the one that had gotten into my bathtub with me, said we needed to go fishing first. I remember that she, John, and me all got into this cold water and swam around the surface super fast... my friend herself looked like a little speed boat just underneath the surface, and my consciousness was above her and out of the water, just kind of following along with her and admiring her adeptness at swimming in these conditions.
so, the woman was driving in a sort of ice rink then? I looked up 'rink' and it indicates that this could be that I am feeling like I'm going around in circles (which I do! medically!) and that I also have some control over any cold/bitter feelings. which--I think I also do in this case.
Then, to dream about going fishing is indicating that I am confronting my emotions and bring them to the surface. It can also indicate my need for leisure and relaxation. so again, this fits well with both conferences, again. As for the swimming, to dream about swimming can mean that I am looking for support, (which fits).
When we got out of the water, we and everyone else who had went 'fishing' in the water first had tiny little crabs covering our backsides. No one seemed to care, it seemed like this was 'normal' and they were helping each other pull them off.
sounds like 'sand crabs'. they will pinch and they CAN hurt! but not that big a deal really.
however, crabs can also indicate I'm being a bit of a crab.
uh-oh! it can also show my perserverance and tenacity on this subject, (which I do relate to better).
I remember looking at John, and the way he was looking at me I could tell that he had feelings for me, and I also knew that he wouldn't do anything about them because he knew that I was married. I guess at that point, it just seemed obvious to me that he was sticking a little too close to me, which is how I knew of his feelings. I went in search of my daughter, and she was with my mother now in this dream, and my mother was helping her pull off her crabs. I got a close up view to these crabs and they all had 3-digit numbers beneath them -- for informational or educational purposes I guess. LOL It seems kind of high-tech to me now, that those crabs being labeled with numbers after coming right out of the water seems a bit futuristic. It felt like, 'This is what you caught, here are the numbers to look up more information.' LOL It was so weird... pretty much everyone that had gone for a dip in this water had huge clusters of tiny crabs on their backs and only their backs. Peoples backs looked all red and brown. It was a chore, trying to get each and everyone of these little crabs off, and I remember finally getting creeped out and flicking one off that had come around towards the front of my neck.
okay, yes, now THAT IS FREAKY!!!
however, I am big into numerology and I've been seeing a lot of number sequences in 3 and 4 digits. Too bad you can't recall any of the numbers (or do you?).
At that point, John spoke up and said something about vibration. He said that vibrations would kill the crabs brains, and they would all just fall off. He demonstrated with one of them and I remember the crab he used making like some kind of small creature whimper; like in a 1 (whimper) - 2 (whimper) 3 (dead/shut down/falling off) systematic kind of way.
vibration, eh? hmmm...this is REALLY WEIRD!!! (what DID you eat the night before this dream???) Besides vibration & whimper I'm not sure really WHAT to look up for this--as I've already looked up crabs. So, with vibration, it says I need to pay more attn to my intuition and emotional side and can also refer to some sexual need. all true!
I couldn't find anything about whimpering though. I'll think on this all a bit more and see what I feel it could signify.
And that was it... I have no idea if you're going to be able to make something of that. It seemed like people were getting in my space in the first part of it, and then the crabs seemed bad, but 'normal' in the second part of it -- and then John the psychiatrist demonstrates a seemingly humane way of getting these creepy creatures to drop away from the body through vibration. I don't know why it was called fishing, but that's what we did in the water and having those crabs attach themselves to our backs. There were no poles, bait or fish actually involved. LOL
I'll be interested to see what you think CN!
wow! this was one crazy dream! perhaps I NEED to see a psychiatrist!
after re-reading through this a second time, it seems to be really concentrating on the medical conference I think. more so then the 'pleasurable' trip to Turkey. But, I'm not sure yet if it is advising me to choose this one over the Turkey trip - IF - they are on the same weekend or what. I'll think this over a bit more and keep you posted.
Thank you for this very unusual and crazy dream!
