I had the strangest dream last night. Actually, it was this morning after my initial alarm went off and I fell back asleep for another hour. It started in this building somewhat like an airport, but we were on the ground level and there were no windows between us, the on-lookers, and the people outside, who seemed to be some sort of military group. They were running away from the building towards another large object, but I don’t know what it was. I remember one of them said something like “You all better say your final goodbye’s….”. We weren’t scared, but we turned around and started walking away. You’d think that would take us further into the building, but, as dreams go, the building kinda faded away and we were floating when we heard the explosion. I turned back and could see people disintegrating in a very movie-like fashion. Like when people are burned up by some magical substance….and they don’t feel it but just turn to dust, you know. Floating dust. Whatever surge it was that was annihilating people was coming straight for me and all of the sudden I became an outsider looking in and could see myself being disintegrated. I remember feeling tingly, but it wasn’t painful.

Then there were a few moments of nothingness. Which I describe as dark, quiet, and still. But then shortly after, the whole group of us started to appear on what seemed like a beachfront, walking up from the water (but not necessarily coming FROM the water) over the sand, towards an area of palm trees. Shortly after the palm trees was a little hut that lead to a larger village of buildings where there was obvious activity.

I remember hearing people around me saying things like “is this heaven?” and “where are we?”, etc. We walked up to the hut where there were guards processing everyone through. Part of the processing was assigning living quarters and instructing us to go get our monetary allowance at this nearby shop. It really looked like a gift shop you’d see at Disney World. I walked up to the counter with another person who appeared to be with me and we said something like “yeah, we’re newbies and we need our money???”. The details after that were very few and far between. But there was an overwhelming nervousness in the air around me. _I_ wasn’t nervous, but everyone else was like “this can’t be heaven! it’s just like real life!” and then unsaid thoughts like “if this is the afterlife, and everyone is here, and there are no streets paved with gold, and we’re going to have to live in apartments again, etc…..why did we work so hard to be “good”? we could’ve had more fun!”

And my friend and I were just smiling. Cause we knew we’d had a lot of fun. :)

It’s the first day of Spring and a perfect day to start a new career. :) I hadn’t posted about this because I don’t talk about work much here, but a month ago I accepted an offer for a position in a new department. Even though it is for the same company, it is still a completely different job/title/etc. I’m really looking forward to the challenge and adding much more to my repertoire.

I will miss my old post, mostly the co-workers (Hi Leslie!), and the opportunities I had there. It was becoming more of a “maintenance” position and I just don’t thrive in that kind of environment.

So, here’s to new beginnings! Cheers!

Next time I make a “private appointment” and put it on my calendar, I should at least give myself some hint as to what it was. If I missed a lunch with you today or some other commitment, I’m very sorry. I’d love for someone to fill me in!!

In other news, my 28 day challenge is OVER!! Woo hoo! Now I just have to come up with a new one to keep things going. I’m thinking of focusing more on muscle strengthening instead of cardio…or a mix of the two, but I definitely need to start toning!