detailed dream

In my dream last night I still lived with my parents. I was having a few friends over when the doorbell rang. First there were 2 kids there, and they said they were my brother's friends. Before I could react, their mom walked up and introduced herself. She was Sean's mom and was here to have a potluck with our family. Behind her was her brood, consisting of not only her own children, but numerous cousins and other extended family members. Quite a large brood it was.

I said "I don't think my mom was expecting you today" which was my polite way of saying "what the hell are all you people doing here, food, blankets, and grill in hand?" I went off to inform my mom and ask for instructions when this lady stopped me. "Just in case - are you sure you're allowed to get the chicken for us?" I said yes, as I'm pretty sure a 25 year old woman can get her own food out of her own house without her mother's permission. My mom's just cool like that though. I didn't even want to tell this lady the reasons I didn't want chicken.

My mom seemed annoyed that these people were here unnanounced, prepared for a barbeque. I was going to tell them in so many words to leave, but they were all aready in the house when I came back. Some were even in my room talking to my friends. It was too much craziness to control, so I went back to tell my mom apparantly we were having a barbeque.

This crazy family had started cleaning our house. 2 of the kids were vacuuming a shelf with some very valuable, delicate things on it. And of course it didn't really need to be vacuumed. But they somehow managed to get everything all tangled up. My family stopped them before they broke something and had to force the trinkets out of their hands. One kid wouldn't give it up, so I said "Give it to me or I'll break your arms" which of course appalled his family. Not enough to make them leave, however. I ate a big piece of fudge to keep my mouth shut before I started telling these people what I really thought of them and their unexplained need to "save" us.

They stayed all day and promised us that our souls would be saved at midnight. Maybe that means they'd leave. So we all sit and wait outside for midnight. I don't know what we were expecting; maybe a comet or something at least. But midnight came and went with no soul-saving event. When pressed for an explanation, this weird family just said "Don't you see? It's a new day! A new chance to redeem yourself in the eyes of the Lord!" This is when my friends and I left to go cross the train tracks, which almost killed us.

I have a feeling that this last bit was highly influenced by the sound of real trains going by outside my window while I slept. I woke up then anyway, feeling really angry at this annoying family that invaded our home and forced their values on us, such as a clean house and saying nice things. Grrrr.