Peer Group Contrast

Date: 5/9/2026

The first part I remember, I am with a group of friends. I don't really know them in real life but in the dream I don't feel very close to them and even feel slightly judgemental of them. At one point a guy tells this long winded story that is supposed to be funny and it's just not good. We go to step outside and I try to put on a pair of shoes that are possibly kids shoes and they don't even fit over my big toe. I say out loud, oh usually I can just throw on a shoe, I used to be able to. I think there is an actual kid there who says something to me about it too. The next scene is someone comes to pick me up to bring me away, like an Uber driver, but it ends up being my ex boyfriend Ali. The scenery we're driving through is very strange. The roads are wide and long and very empty, it's dark out and maybe winter. Kind of desolate or like a void space. We're driving and we stop underneath very futuristic stop lights that seem to spin when they change and are not attached to the ground. I think we went to eat before this - we lay down on the ground...like snow but it's not cold. I am so prepared to kiss him all over. He lays down and I go to lay on him to snuggle. He is looking down at my face and seems to see something, then I take a big breath in through my nose and sesame seeds get stuck in my airway!! I kind of have an internal freak out, because he saw the sesame seeds and did not say anything, and now I am having a bad time. I was not happy with the situation. Flash forward to the final scene. I am outside in a garden at Amy Poehler's house. It's in Florida and I'm in the back yard just discovering what there is to see. It's juicy and wet and I keep seeing more things. I'm barefoot and I'm concerned about snakes and spiders on the ground so I walk gingerly. At one moment I see an enormous slug on the ground, shiny and wet and I am in awe! Then I look up and there is a huge blueberry bush covered in perfectly ripe berries. It seems to be night here too but everything is lush and alive and dripping with potential and beauty. It starts to literally pour down rain, huge rain drops soaking everything. I feel ecstatic! I decide I should do something and head inside so I find a basket and pick some of the berries. It's not really about gathering berries though and I just enjoy the experience. The rain stops and a wise cat comes around me and seems to give me a message. I go inside and sit down with everyone. This is a group of friends that feels more aligned. They are all famous comedians and writers and I just feel like I'm in the presence of more mature, successful people. I feel like I'm more aligned. Amy asks me about a person I was talking to earlier (I think Lena Dunham) and they said she was in a certain movie and I say I remember her from Girls. A few of us are sitting having drinks on a covered porch, Amy remembers she should take some pictures. When she takes a photo of me I lightly close my eyes and hold up my drink. The end.