An Unexpected Wedding, Catching a Fish, Finding the Door

There were two distinct dreams last night.

Dream 1:

I am in a small chapel and am ready to perform a wedding.  The couple walks in and I am totally amazed to recognize a couple of my friends, Raven and Richard, and right behind them, another friend Chris.  Raven is dressed in a simple white gown and has a crown of flowers on her head.  I'm confused as to who's actually getting married here, and it's established that it's Raven and Chris.  He is dressed in an SCA style tunic and pants, and also has a crown made of leaves, acorns and wheat stalks on his head.  Richard is acting as a witness.

I ask them for their license and there's a moment of confusion until it's located.  Then the process is repeated when I ask for the rings, and finally, I ask them what kind of ceremony they want, and am actually surprised when the response is "civil", because with the way they are dressed and knowing them, I would have thought that they would have said, "Pagan Handfasting".  I ask them to wait while I get everything ready.

All the while I am still shaking my head at this coincidence and am kind of annoyed that they had not let me know earlier.  It takes me less than a minute to set out the registry table, and we're all set to go.

Dream 2:

I am in a church - I get a distinct impression that it's a Catholic church.  It's very modern and bright, and there is some sort of event happening there in the community hall.  There are a lot of people milling about and the tables are all set out with refreshments.

I wander down a less-crowded hallway into another room and am surprised to see my son - but at a much younger age, he appears to be around 8 years old - running around an empty room.  It's empty, but there is furniture around close to the walls.  On the small bookshelf is a large glass bowl with a goldfish swimming around in it.  Just as I walk in we're both startled to see each other an he bumps into the bookshelf, and the bowl goes flying to the floor, breaks and the water spills.  The fish is flopping on the floor while I yell for him to get me another bowl, which somehow materializes on the table.  I catch the fish, which is considerably larger than I realized, and as quickly as we can fill the bowl with water and I release it.  I'm worried that perhaps the water straight from the tap would hurt it, but I can actually see and feel that the distress is passing from this creature as it begins to placidly swim around.

I take my son out and as is the ways of dreams, he blends in with the crowd and I continue to try and find out what it is I'm doing in this Church.  Wandering around, I see some posters on the walls advertising some musical and theatrical productions, and mention that I used to do such graphic design work.  My words are heard by a beautiful black woman, who runs off to tell someone else.  She comes back and tells me that there may be a place for me here, designing publications and posters.  I feel very happy with that and we agree to meet further on this.

Now I want to leave the building, but realize I cannot find a door that leads outside.  Eventually, I see the doors, but they're in a lobby that's not accessible from where I was standing.  The lobby is below me by some four feet.  I see a reception desk there with an older woman staffing it.  I quickly make the decision that wandering around would not serve my needs any more.  Coming to the edge of that wall, I simply jump down, and march out the door.

Outside it's a beautiful day.  The late afternoon sun plays its gold light on the lush green grass and leaves. There are many people wandering out there too, and there is evidence of many picnic spots being enjoyed.  I take a deep breath of freedom, suddenly feeling as though I have somehow escaped confinement.