neighbors

I dreamt I was on a walking tour with a group of women. I think I worked with some, some I just knew and I think some were relatives or friend of my mom's. I really wasn't wanting to go on this trip, do the usual shops etc. or hang out with these women. I hung back a bit from the last location adn they all kept walking. It started to rain and it felt great. I decided to go back to the place I was staying. It was on the top floor of an old building that butted up completely against another building. My bedroom had a window and at just about the top foot of the window, you could see into the next building's apartment. They windows were only a few inches apart. There was a little boy in there and he was laying on a bed? or window seat. He saw me and was a little shy, so he put a pillow against the window. I decided to get out again, but I'm not remembering where we were. Then I was back in the apartment, this time there were two little kids, a boy and a girl. THe girl was a bit mischeivous, kind of almost in a scary way. She was strong willed and smart. She kept wanting to go in my apartment, borrow my laptop and so on. I kept telling her no, and she kept arguing to use it. I went into the next room and saw the group in the next building over. They were done with their walk and were having drinks and dessert. I figured that was a good excuse to say good bye to the children who were reluctant for me to leave. I said I really had to go and would be back soon. They seemed ok with that idea and pulled themselves back into their room. I immediately went for the window and locked their window (both of our windows could only be locked from the outside). I could see the girl and that she was upset.

I went to the bar where the group was. They seemed a bit tired and were separted into two booths. Only two women were at the one booth. I went to the larger group and asked them all to scoot as we could all fit in one booth. They did. I ordered to add to the desserts and then ordered a special cake for a gal that was having her birthday. The bill was $150 just for those two items. Ugh. The gal that sat next to me had a bunch of trinkets behind her. She said they were awards for all of the walk they did that day, one being a 1000 mile walk. One of the desserts being passed around was called Cherries Jubilee, but it wasn't ice cream, more of a cheese cake, but it had a mild blue cheese in it and corn nuts and rosemary. Kind of strange, but in the dream it was really good.

I was feeling blocked in at the booth and was hoping we would leave soon. Then I heard a bird.. it kept cawing. It was the restaurant bird and you were to give it a tip or feed it. This was how the waitstaff earned extra tips. I wanted to shut it up as it wouldn't stop. (there was actually a crow outside my window this morning).