seal swimming

I dreamt that I was sitting at a high table in a nice restaurant. It seems I was done with what I came there for, except I was waiting for my mother to show up. She did and she brought me some items. Things she wanted to get rid of that I might want, chotchkies and such. I must have liked something and it was a nice visit. I left feeling good. But I left just to another table in the restaurant across the way. It was a lower table. My friend sat on the bench against the wall and I chose a chair across from him. Food had already been served and it didn't seem like much. I was going through my purse and my mother had put some to-go sushi in there. I took it out quickly hoping none of the contents spilled out. I emptied the dish onto a plate and put the plastic container to the side, more to dispose of it as I wasn't going to eat it. Then I realized how bad that would look to a restaurant that I had brought my own food. I didn't have to explain to anyone and my friend and I were ready to leave. I went through the door and I was in a very different place. There was a water area, which was a pool of sorts. It was grand, long but not too wide.  People walked around he edges and carried on by observing, seeing and being seen, small parties here and there. It felt other worldly, as in a life that most don't get to live. I went right into the pool and started swimming towards the opposite end. I had my purse, which was now just a small flat one, in one had and was swimming along. A corner of it bumped into a man and I apologized, but he didn't seem to hear me over the noise and splashes of water. In a few moments he turned around to me. He had white blond curly hair, a constant smile in his eyes, and an air of confidence. He said, "You didn't have to go about it that way." I thought he was about to complain about me bumping him, but now I wasn't sure what he meant. Then he started flirting and I realized he thought I had bumped him on purpose because I liked him. I corrected him, but I don't think his ego heard it.

I kept swimming and I realized I was surrounded by gray seals. They were swimming with me and around me and it was sweet and fun. Then I swam to the edge. It oddly seemed to end at a sandy beach. I could look down to the coast and it was evening. I went to go put my hair up and I realized I had forgotten my hair clip. It was my go-to, my favorite and spendy... I didn't want to lose it. I swam back and now at the other end of the pool was a store. It was a small and nice and had unique beautiful items. I looked around, for some reason expecting to find my clip. I seemed to have found it and kept looking. The place felt like a fairy tale. I heard the bell on the door as it opened. I looked up and my friend KM came in. She was full of life as usual and was chatting and telling some story and laughing. We all looked around at this and that and were now up to the front where you could see through the windowed door. She saw that her sister was coming in with a group of friends and it was her birthday on this day. She quickly grabbed a banner and I grabbed the other end and we stretched the happy birthday across the entry way. KM(sister) opened the door and she was surprised....