My dream

At work there have been some iss-ewes. Without going into too much detail, it seems some staff have had some problems with the new manager, who started a week before me. Since I'm new, no-one really tells me what's going on and I try to stay out of gossip anyway, but I see things... and the manager tends to confide in me since I don't really report to her. She treats me more like a peer than a subordinate which, on one hand totally works for me but on the other hand - if staff have issues with her, do they see me as being on her "side" as it were? Anyway, she told me she'd got some feedback that wasn't positive. She was quite upset by it and is trying to resolve it. The staff are all quite young and all female and the CEO did tell me before I started that the place seems to constantly suffer from personality clashes and politics. *sigh* I'm far too old for it.

What this is leading to is I've been having some weird dreams again but instead of being totally confusing and nonsensical, these ones have been a little easier to interpret. About as subtle as a brick actually...

Last night I was in a house. I don't remember all the details but the things that stand out in my memory are that there was a kind of beach/wading pool thing inside the house. Yes, inside. These things seem so normal in dreams. I started to wade out into the water and suddenly there was a sharp drop and I was in over my head. I felt a bit panicky and quickly fought my way back to the shallow bit and climbed out. As I went to tell someone about the drop and warn them it was dangerous, I noticed two whirlpool things and two children out swimming right near them. The kids were going to get sucked into the whirlpools and drown, so now I really panicked. I started to yell out but before I knew it, two grown-ups were swimming out and saving the children. I was so relieved. My heart was beating a million miles an hour and I went into the main part of the house to tell someone what happened. There was a woman standing in the hallway looking out towards where I'd come from and she seemed to be as wound up as me so I assumed she'd seen the whirlpools too. When I started to say "Did you see what happened?..." she cut me off and started talking about a big incident that had happened between two adults. I'm not sure exactly (don't remember) but something about a big argument and someone yelling and walking out. I was amazed that she'd missed the whole near-drowning thing that had me beside myself with panic.

Hmmm... so let's try some amateur dream interpretation. House. I work in a house. Duh. As for the stepping off the edge and being in over my head, maybe that's a warning? I certainly don't feel like I'm in over my head now - not with the work or with the personal stuff - but the symbology of being out of my depth/in over my head/drowning doesn't allow too much for interpretation. Maybe it's saying I need to watch my step.. not get into anything too deeply. Next: Children in trouble and needing saving. Gee, what could that possibly mean considering my whole job is about helping homeless children?! Interesting that someone else saved them and not me though. I've been feeling a bit frustrated lately that they come and go so quickly (we are short-term) that I don't have time to do anything really worthwhile with them. And finally, the woman being more interested in the argument than what was going on with the kids. I'm not sure that's entirely true of the staff, but maybe it is for some.

I wonder what I'll dream about tonight. I've had quite a lot of these lately. Sometimes if something's going on in my life that is playing on my mind, I can actually ask for answers to be shown to me in my dreams and I will dream stuff that is really symbolic. It can be SO helpful if I'm confused about something. I'll wake up and go "A-ha! Now it makes sense". But I haven't asked for these dreams and I haven't consciously felt stressed or anything so it's a bit odd that it's coming up so often, isn't it? I guess time will tell.