Like ten dream-in-a-dreams in a row

Date: 9/13/2023

The thing in common with all these dreams is that I was immensely exhausted throughout all of them, I could barely keep my head up. The dreams all got jumbled up once I woke up, so there are only bits and snippets I remember. One of the first ones, I was in the world of Red Dead Redemption 2. I don’t actually remember anything from it, but I woke up from that dream, and into the next dream, where I was telling Polina about it. I know I named multiple details of what happened, but the only one I remember is that Molly was Chinese instead of Scottish and Dutch was more of a creep to her than he already is in the game. I know another dream or two passed before the next one I remember. I was in some building. It may have been part of a college campus, but it was very vast, it was dim, and the floors and walls were covered in carpet, so it seemed a lot like a bowling alley or an arcade or a movie theater or something. There were multiple restaurants. I texted Polina because I wanted to hang out with her, and waited around some cafe. She came up eventually with a friend I did not know. I think she had black hair and light skin. I know we talked a little. I was hungry, and they suggested we go to some place I wasn’t aware of. It was panda themed, I think? It was mostly sweet stuff, but there were some savory options, including fries, and some dishes that seemed middle eastern or medeterranian. They both ordered some light snacks, and when it was my turn, I asked if they had any savory options that didn’t have any meat. The cashier very nicely apologized and said no. I looked at the board and it showed that all of their food was plant-based, so I guess they just ran out of savory stuff entirely. Normally I would be like “oh it’s totally ok don’t worry about it,” but I’ll remind you that I was super super exhausted. I just walked off, and then looked back at her with the most dead expression. I wasn’t mad, just absolutely out of energy to say anything. She started apologizing even harder, and I mustered up the energy for a smile and told her it was okay. She said there was another of the same restaurant on the other side of the building. We started going there, but then dream morphed. I think this was still on the same layer of dream, but now I was with my mom instead. We ended up at a place that sold food but also seemed like a movie theater. The cashier there was very nice, he had dreadlocks tied up in a ponytail, dark skin, tall, and he was wearing a red apron. He asked us whether we wanted food or to watch a movie; we tried ordering food, but the system was broken or something and none of our requests were going through. A lot of the dream gets fuzzy here, I know there’s a big important chunk that I forget. I remember getting into a car accident at some point. I think the cashier from the movie theater place was there. It was on a grassy hill. I felt like I was in GTA. When I awoke into my final dream, I was very convinced that I was actually awake. I was in my house, and my brother was there. I went outside, and my mom was on the walkway gardening. She was wearing a very long, flowy black dress. Seemed like it was from the Victorian or Edwardian era or something. The top has red on it. I half-jokingly asked her who’s funeral she was going to (because since when does my mom wear long black dresses). She was confused by my question. Maybe it doesn’t translate in Georgian. Then I saw my dog running out to the street. I ran to stop him. He got behind a car that was backing out of its driveway and I called to him, so he started coming back. Then for some reason he decided to go back, and ran next to the car again. This happened like two more times. He finally ran behind the car and vanished from view. The car slowly moved back and I could see that my dog was hit. There was blood on the pavement. He was bloody, especially around the legs, but still standing. He looked happy and wagging his tail. Clearly he was very very injured, but just in shock. I felt the utmost dread. Then I woke up, for real this time, and was very relieved.