Ben Affleck, Darth Vadar and Helen's Wedding

My dreams are usually pretty straightforward - like a mini-TV movie of the week. They have a logical beginning, middle and end. (LB would probably say I would have it no other way...)

From time to time however, I have a dream that I just don't get. At all.

A good case in point was a dream I had several years ago where I was totally making out with Ben Affleck. Ewwwwwww... I can't stand Ben Affleck. That dream shook me up for weeks.

Then the other night I had the most bizarre dream. It took place in a typical school gymnasium that started out as the scene of my friend Helen's wedding. I was accompanied by one of my old boyfriends. (Sorry LB but I had no control over who my date was in the dream. Of course I would have picked you!)

Anyway, there were hundreds of people packed in this gymnasium when Darth Vadar, yes, that's right - Darth Vadar, began shooting at people in a giant game of laser tag.

Okaaaaay...

Apparently I suck at laser tag (at least in the dream) so I was out early and was asked to move into a giant auditorium. In this auditorium sat my entire company ready for a briefing on what was happening at this big tradeshow we were participating in that was opening in 10 minutes. I suddenly turned to my Event & Program Manager when I realized we hadn't finished preparing the demo schedule yet.

Thankfully at that point my alarm went off.

Now, I get the last bit of the dream. We do in fact have a big tradeshow coming up in October that is big on the spend and big on the resource drain. So it's natural I would be worrying about the little details and that they would creep into my dreams.

But the other bits?

Helen's wedding hasn't happened yet. Perhaps I was having a premonition that she was theme-ing her entire wedding around Star Wars? Or maybe she's offering both dancing AND laser tag after the dinner? (Editorial note: Both of the above are highly unlikely. THANK GOD!)

Well, at least I know one thing for sure. There will be no old boyfriend on my arm at that wedding. LB and I have a date.