eyes and ears

I dreamt a Scottish friend (SS) of mine came to visit with his daughter. I was excited to see him. I was to see him at one place, but then he ended up coming over to a friend's house (or...it seemed like a friend's, then my brother's then??). My brother had games out for a party. One of the games had these little gummy army men that moved. My friend SS said he was sorry that he couldn't spend more time visiting. His daughter was there and was a teenager going on 21. She was spoiled and making messes, saying rude things and trying to drink. I verbally let her have it. While I was doing that, my mind was saying.. "not your place really"... so it felt bad and appropriate at the same time. Another friend of mine (SK) was there and she was kind of a calm presence, abnormally wise and calm and in contrast, made me look like a nutter.

Then I was going on a trip.I had just arrived in Italy and a friend of mine from England (HK) showed up to show me where my hotel was. I felt as if I didn't plan well with him there, like he had taken care of something I had forgotten about. Although I felt like I would have been fine, I also felt glad he was there. This wasn't a normal terrain for Italy though. It was steep rocky hills of white rock with pathways carved out in them. They paths wound around and there were deep cliffs with clear blue water at the bottom. It was beautiful. I was so excited to be there. My friend was walking pretty fast ahead of me, but there was no other path, so I wasn't worried about losing him. I reached a hotel spot where I saw others with bags. I assumed that was the place. My friend wasn't there though and I felt like he went on past it. I remembered I was close to a friend there (who actually lives in Argentina (LSJ)), so I called him. At first I had a hard time getting connection, but I finally got him. He said he was sorry, but had I remembered that he would be in Ohio for a conference. I was sad we would not meet each other, but then went on with figuring out where I would check in. there were many people trying to check in and all nice. I sat down at a table with some soldiers. They were either Swedish or German. One fellow was tall and blond and we chatted. He flirted a bit and I back. He offered me a pencil that later was a fountain pen. He said it was a ??? army edition and I could have it as a gift and then he asked for my information. So I wrote with what was now a fountain pen. I told him it was nice although it seemed to scratch the paper with the metal at one moment and then write smoothly the next. Then I saw a family with boys. I followed them and then was in a Nathan Fillion's house. I had planned to rent a room there and found that a father and his son had also planned to do this. The father kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I didn't feel comfortable around him, but his kid seemed nice enough. Nathan went to show me where I would sleep. It was in a very small hallway with a low ceiling. I felt claustrophobic and didn't want to be there.I saw the son and father would sleep right across from me as well. I looked around the house, which was quite large, and found a living room. I thought I could sleep on the couch. But then just past the living room was a room that had what looked to be a trampoline, then it seemed as though there were two.. but then it was really a place to dry sweaters. I asked if it would be ok if I just slept there. He didn't seem to use them and they were comfortable. I think the thought that was ok.

Then I was back on a boat floating over the beautiful blue water again. It was almost as if it was lit from below. I was with a friend from the east coast (MG) and she was happy and laughing. We were having a good time on the boat. Then we paused to pick up more passengers and I saw a woman I thought she had worked with. and mentioned it. The woman came aboard. She was a tiny older lady, but with a younger physique and had a cute little dress on. I admired how energetic and happy she was. She was talking about something and I said.. well.. with eyes in the back of your head I can see why... She actually did have to slits with eye under her hair in the back of her head... and then she lifted the side hair and showed me 3 more ears of various sizes.