baby hippo

I was in a classroom right before class was to start. I was stressed and I think I was about to either start a paper, hand in a paper, or take a test. I knew I wasn't doing well in the class, but I couldn't understand why. I was smart, I always did well. I talked to my instructor to see how well I was faring. She was not warm and fuzzy about it. She showed me a paper that said C+ on it. I was upset and said C+!! Really? How???? I walked out the front steps of the school. I was telling a friend the story and I was still upset. I ended up laying in an air mattress in the fountain near the steps. It was a square pool of water. There was a hippo in there. I had always thought of hippos as cute and nice. It was rummaging around and I felt safe enough. But then as I was flipping through some papers from the class, and I saw it eyeing the papers and it came over and snatched one and started chewing. I was getting nervous as it kept circling me, so I decided to get out. Then it saw my flip flops on the far side, so I raced it there so it wouldn't eat those too. It seemed to be gobbling up my "me" artifacts. Then I was talking to a couple of friends (PC, RP). I told them that I was going to babysit a baby hippo that night. I was explaining how small (harmless) and cute they were. Then I was in an indoor pool of sorts. It was encased in glass with a door closing it off from the rest of the building. I went into the pool. I think this is where I was supposed to watch the hippo. I looked around... everything was light blue and the glass was steamed up. There was a seal in the water... I looked right at it.. no effect. Then I saw what seemed to be a unicorn... but also was a mermaid with light hair. When I saw the unicorn I was thinking... I wonder why people don't believe that these existed on land when they clearly exist in water?? Then it was a mermaid and I kept avoiding her. I had that kind of fear that is at the pit of your stomach and heart... not horror movie scared, but fear of the unknown becoming known...and once it is known, you have to do something about it. I kept avoiding her eyes and she kept swimming closer trying to get my attention. She couldn't speak like a human, so I knew once our eyes connected, she would be able to say something to me.... and worse yet, she would know that I knew what she said. Then I was in a room. I was writing a book. It all started making sense. All of my experiences and thoughts were lining up. I was sitting next to a friend (JS). He seemed sage in my dream. I was asking him questions, but he would not answer my question, but guide me into having to answer it myself. I tried to kiss him on the neck to move to a nice feeling, but he avoided it. Then my contacts (which I don't wear) came out. They were much larger than normal contacts. I told them this had never happened. I had been wearing them for a year. He told me that wasn't a good idea. My eyes felt a little scratchy, but I noticed I could see better without them. I found them both on the floor and one had cracked. I couldn't put them back in anyway, but we put the one that was whole in some solution.