My dream last night

Charles suggested that I blog this. I had a dream last night in which I got into the car in a parking lot in a "bad neighborhood." I saw our GPS device still mounted on the windshield, and I made a mental note to remember not to leave it visible when the car is un-attended. I tried to start the car, and it wouldn't start. I unplugged the GPS from the lighter and tried again. This time it turned on, but something was dim. I figured I'd get going and the battery would recharge itself on the way home. I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket, and its battery was also dead. Without thinking, I plugged it in to the phone charger. I drove out of the parking lot and went about a block when the car died. I couldn't call anyone of course, but I remember thinking about calling for roadside assistance versus getting someone to jump start the car, Next thing I knew, there was some lady there to fix the car. She went to each corner of the car and picked it up a little. Apparently, all but the rear left tire were flat. (That's the tire that was recently flat in real life.) She then proceeded to open up the trunk, fiddle with some levers or something, and pull... Then the two front tires folded in to the center and came back toward her like they were on a track. I was impressed, but not all together shocked. Apparently, this was a normal thing in my dream world! So then she simply took the tires off the track and replaced them, then pushed the track back and the tires went back into place. (I didn't know where she got the new ones from, I didn't see her vehicle.) Then she did some more fiddling in the trunk and pulled out something else from the front on a track. It appeared to be two side tanks of water near to where the tires would be, connected to a long and skinny central tank by clear plastic tubing. She explained something to me about how this device worked, where both tanks draw from the reserve. It looked like water, but I don't know what it was for sure or what it did! That's all I remember... Then, after I told Charles my dream, he told me that the car has been "died" twice in the past two days. O.O He's taking it to the mechanic now!

2008

Looking back on what I said at the end of 2006:

• I predicted we'd finish paying my parents and pay off the car early. Those didn't happen, unfortunately.
• I predicted that Charles and I would both go to school part time. Instead, I went full time!
  
• I predicted that Charles would go full time at Disney, which he did.
• I predicted we would build the media server, which we did.
• I predicted a trip to Minnesota, but instead my friend from Minnesota made a trip to California.
• I predicted that I'd look for a cooking class, which I did try. Too expensive, though!

In 2007:

• January
• We relented and got cable.
• I enrolled in school.
• I started seeing a new doctor.
• February
• We switched from buying juice to drinking water from our new water cooler!
• School started.
• Charles and I watched a presentation of Opera at the Movie Theater.
• March
• We started going to Disneyland regularly!
• I took my sisters to Disneyland.
• April
• May
• I took my old high school friends to Disneyland. =)
• I took Andy and his friend Matt to Disneyland when they came through Los Angeles as part of their graduation road trip through California.
• June
• I took my parents to Disneyland when they came home from Mexico.
  
• Charles and I went to a preview day of the Nemo ride at Disneyland before it opened.
• July
• August
• I signed up for fall classes.
• September
• We started researching RVs.
  
• Fall classes at school started.
• Charles's bike was stolen from our garage. =(
• October
• Charles and I went to Yosemite to celebrate our anniversary.
• I spoke to USC and UCR representatives about transfer requirements.
• I went to the California RV show.
• November
• Charles and I saw a production of "Annie" at LAVC.
• I saw Star Trek Menagerie at the theater with Julio, Billy, Albert, and Kat.
• December
• We had to fix Charles's car, it had an alternator issue.
• Charles and I saw the Valley Symphony's production of "Alice in Wonderland" at LAVC.
• We moved stuff to our new apartment every weekend.
• I registered for Spring classes at my new school, Rio Hondo.

Goals/predictions for 2008:

• We will pay off all of our credit card debt.
• I will be in school part time in the spring, then full time in the fall.
• We will be researching cars, and possibly purchase a second new car to replace the Explorer.
• We continue to work on a 20% down payment for the RV that we want, which we may or may not be able to do by the end of 2008. 2009 sounds more likely.
• I will hopefully finish more of my cross stitching projects. I currently have one in progress and one ready to go.

Happy new year, everyone!