12/07/04
Rain Puddle Reverie Redux


I was again outside on the pavement near the house. It was daytime and the sun was shining, though it had recently rained heavily as there were puddles all over. I think there might have been leaves on the trees since I seemed to be standing in the shade, but I don't think it was as many leaves as it would be in summer, so maybe it was early summer or late spring. It was nice and warm out though, maybe humid. I believe I was dressed in my house clothes (blouse and shorts) or summer clothes.

I was walking around and I spotted this HUGE rain puddle, either at the end of the pavement where the pothole is, near the long driveway, or upon the pavement itself. "Oooo," I exclaimed, and made a beeline for it. I started splashing my feet in it and in other, smaller, puddles (this first one was HUGE), and every time I did it sent this great spray of water way up into the air! Just FWOOM! I was impressed by this and kept doing it in various spots.

I then noticed that I accidentally got some mud on Dad's SUV, which he keeps parked on the pavement and which was right nearby. I stopped my splashing and stared at the little muddy patch with some distress. Would Dad get mad at me for that? I think at first I tried splashing some clean water upon it, to wash it off, but then gave up on that idea because I might make it worse. I considered wiping it off but felt that I might set off the car alarm. I didn't want Dad to know how inconsiderate I'd been, disregarding his vehicle's cleanliness--he would probably be angrier that my splashing might have potentially kicked up something more damaging than mud--so I couldn't call him out to clean it off, and I couldn't leave it there! I went and splashed around in the smaller puddles but kept glancing at his vehicle tensely. I felt very anxious about that and didn't know what to do.

I think I returned to the large puddle, which may have been behind his vehicle (the splotch of mud seemed to be above the rear window, near the roof on the left-hand side, though I'm not sure), and was attempting to splash a great gout of water up into the air again, hoping to avoid setting off an alarm or hitting anything else, but the water never seemed to want to go where I wanted it to...when I awoke.



2004 Dreams
HOME