The One With the Kings & Queens of Narnia

Date: 6/18/2024

I’m in what looks like Aunt Ronny and Uncle Michael’s old bedroom with my parents, Renee, and Aunt Marie, who’s sitting on the bed. She’s in some kind of pain and mentions her back, at which point Renee sits down beside her and starts to rub it. Aunt Marie winces in pain, but Renee doesn’t seem to notice. I want so badly to yell at Renee to stop, but I don’t say anything … I’m at what’s supposed to be the Pizzis’ house — which looks more like a modern farmhouse of sorts — (possibly for Mrs. Cari’s birthday) when I start doing dishes. There’s a large piece of ube cake in the sink. Zach and I start chatting about how funny Mike is. He says something that suggests he didn’t think much of Mike when they were younger, but that he thinks he’s hilarious now … I’m running into the ocean with the cast of Narnia. I look around at three of them — the ones who play Peter, Edmund, and Lucy — and say, “Where’s Susan?” Suddenly, I feel something sharp on my foot. I immediately imagine sharks and start making my way into shallower water as I recall a story I read (in real life) about a girl who was recently attacked by a shark even though she was only calf-deep.