mainland

I dreamt that I was going to an island for a vacation. I was going with what in the dream was the usual crowd. A handful of couples etc. The island was in a cooler climate. More evergreen trees, dirt and clouds than sandy beaches in the sun. We were all there for a weekend in a house.  We dumped our bags on the floor and sat around the table to eat as it was a long journey to arrive. The guy sitting next to me was kind of a set up.  He was a bit overly touchy and inappropriately so... I moved his hand away that he was touching his wine glass to me with and the red wine spilled over the white rug under the table.  I dabbed it up and it cleaned up nicely .... but they kept talking about it and digging deeper. Then it seemed to reappear.. and become almost impossible to clean.... and then it showed up on the rug near the fireplace as if it were spreading the more they focused on it.

I left to take a boat to another island. There was some sort of talent show that the children were performing in .  I arrived at the island and saw a man carrying a young boy. It was my nephew, S. He swam across with a life jacket on as his parents were not going to take him. He wanted to play with the other children.  I took him from the man saying I would take care of him and asked him not to share this with his parents. S was crying... they didn't understand him and although he could have been hurt, I didn't want him to be punished for wanting something so innocent. I took him to where the other children where, knowing he would be taken care of.

Then is seemed it was over and the audience was getting up to take the ferry back to the main island. I saw two men in the crowd. I panicked. They were both interested in me and were not aware of each other. I saw the one and said I had to run.... then raced to get to the ferry. The realized the situation and both became angry and were shouting accusations at me. I said fine then I'm done, even though there had been nothing to be done with... I then got on the ferry.

When I arrived at the main island I went to the local bar. It was full of fishermen, loggers and vacationers. The two guys showed up, but the feeling was different now. They were both ok now and wanted to be with me still.I kept walking around the place to get away though as I was truly done.  I walked by some man I had seen several times due to work on the mainland. He started to tell his story to me as the guys showed up behind me. He had gambled all his money away.. down to a boat, the clothes on his back and some yellow women's shoes that he had on his feet. We talked to him for a bit. I said that his boat wasn't a bad way to retire, and he actually had it pretty good. He could also make money taking people on and off the island.

Which is what I wanted. I wanted to get back to the mainland urgently, but the last ferry had left at 2:30.