The Dreams

I had two separate and distinct dreams last night (that I can remember).

1. I was in a mall. I was either police, a security guard, or some combination of the two and we had several military members with us. We were stationed near an entrance into the mall. There was a large crowd of religious dissidents outside getting rather rowdy.

At some point they broke through the door we were guarding and the officer in charge stood there and let the swarm overrun him. The other military person, my "partner" and I backed away behind a chained gate (much like the kind that mall shops pulled down after they close). We then closed the doors behind us. The crowd didn't attempt to push through. Once they were in they stopped and appeared to be strategizing their next move.

We went into the main concourse of the mall and found that the entire mall was surrounded by these dissidents. They were trying to push everyone towards one end of the mall, but somehow we found ourselves able to go to the other end. This store was a sporting goods store like Dick's or Gander Mountain.

We led everyone to here and began preparations for defending ourselves. We were ordered not to initiate deadly force against these dissidents, but we must protect the civilians caught in the mall.

2. I had taken a trip back to Brazil. I was there with my girlfriend and a bunch of other people. I remember forgetting my friends package at home and thinking how stupid I was for not bringing it.