January 13th, 2013

I'm at an in-door water park. The voice of a TV news anchor narrates (though not the entire time). I'm with a group of people that includes my wife. I turn to her and mention how exciting it is to be at this particular water park. We had been on vacation and I found this place on a map and we immediately made it our next destination. It's located somewhere in northern Florida. The news anchor's voice says, "Tonight, we take an inside look at a local water park that has become popular, but just take a look at what these two expert water park goers experience." Although I'm not physically with them on the slide, I merge with them and see water rushing down a flume and a very small pool at the bottom surrounded on all sides by a wall. We rush down and I grow terrified for a moment, but the experts maneuver safely down. The anchor again, "Does this look like a place you should take your family? We've heard dozens of reports of injuries and other unsafe conditions."

I'm back in my body and standing with my wife and friends again. We're in a long line in a corridor connecting two major sections of the water park. We're headed for the river rapids, which are down a huge flight of steps. Behind us, a woman and her sister tend a large group of children I presume are theirs. A tiny boy runs ahead. He's wearing blue swim trunks and a white T-shirt. His mother shouts, "Jimmy, you get back here!" But the boy ignores her and keeps running. She doesn't go after him. I watch him run into the stairwell and I grow deeply worried because there is a 40 foot drop to the floor below to the left of the stairs, and there is no railing. The boy hops down about ten steps and then leaps over the side. 

~News anchor: And you won't believe what happens when this man helps a little boy who's drowning.~

I cringe and expect that he will break both of his legs. But he's miraculously okay and just keeps running along. I now see a man-made river. It's blue and narrow and the water is calm, barely moving. The mother is shouting again and I run down the steps after the boy. I jump over the side as he does, with my kayak under my arm (everyone must ride on a kayak). Jimmy is now on the other side of the river and I'm terrified he'll jump in and drown. He does jump in the moment the park ride we're now on gets in motion (it's a river rapids ride that runs through cycles when it's calm so that folks can get safely into the water). The water is getting rough and Jimmy has serious trouble staying above the water. His mother is screaming. I jump in and dip the bow of the kayak under him and try to lift him up. The mother shouts, "You better not hurt my son!" Although he's now on the kayak, I have trouble keeping him above water and he is having trouble breathing. The waves increase. I finally am able to scoop him up and drop him on the bank of the river (which is a blue, spongy substance). The boy hops away. I get in line for the next attraction. The mother catches up with us and gives me hell for hurting her boy.

~News anchor: Instead of being grateful, this mother reams out the very man who saved her son's life.~

The dream cuts to a basketball court where I'm working with my "shooting" coach. I try to take a shot, but drop the ball and go into the next room where I place my head on a table in dejection. The coach shouts at me from the court. Another coach comes up to me and I tell him about the events at the water park and that I cannot play basketball anymore because I'm disturbed over the events. He tries to soothe me.

2nd Dream

Purchased a city apartment with a chapel in the center.

3rd Dream

Sharing a room with my brother. Wake up and want to close and lock all the windows to keep Al Capone out.

Will try to flesh out the second and third dreams as they return to me.