Last night was a good night to dream
I was attending a grand gala, so grand I was in a tux with a top hot. I knew I had it going on :) The gala took place over several rooms of this fictitious high-end shopping mall my mind often uses. The event was to celebrate my students. They had pulled off something marvelous and everyone was there to celebrate.
It began with a dinner - they even had something vegetarian for me. Another male who looked a bit like Will Farrell was my co-teacher and he had prepared a powerpoint show to "roast" our students in a goof natured way and he asked me to play along - no problem I can do funny improv.
Right after the salad, my students presented us with a photo album. Each had a 5x7 headshot and the album was dedicated to one of our students who died during our class. We all got weepy, me too.
After dinner, we went to another part of the mall for the awards. It was a bit tricky to get to and we had to do a bit of rehearsal to get it right. While the rehearsal was going on, I noticed my old high school friends in the audience. My deep-crush Linette was there complaining about being cold. I told her she could have my coat afterwards. It felt right.
I then went behind stage (where the human statues where getting their poses right) and found my class all sitting together. I got their attention and told them: "Take this moment and really feel it, really feel it. You have done what no one else could do, better than anyone thought. This is your day. Your great day. BUT do not let this day consume you. You are each amazing and much better days then this will come your way. Do not rest. Do not be satisfied. But do remember this day - always." I knew I was crying with pride as I spoke
The ceremony went by quickly in dream time. I knew our slide show sort of flopped, but I did okay. The day was done. The tux rental people where there collecting all of our rentals. A very nice system of drawers held each of our belongings. I changed into normal clothes, but knew to keep my coat.
I spent the next few minutes searching for Linette, but I could not find her. I eventually met up with my brother who took me to his car and we left the mall.
