Dream

I asked for a healing dream last night.

This did not seem to address any of my questions.

What I dreamt had two parts, one where I was at a distorted
version of the place where I went on vacation recently for retreat.
I think I might have been working there, as I will actually do
do in real life as a volunteer later in the summer.
I was part of the team. There were a few interactions that
i no longer remember from the dream. Somehow though,
I found myself sitting on top of the salad bar looking down at
others who were getting their meals. (they don't have a salad bar)
and it was more like the place we were at last year for this same
retreat. I don't remember more about that section.

Then somehow I left there and was at a party, or it was
in another location at the same place. I learned that I had been called
to go to Iraq. At the time I was at my grandmother's house
(which the family no longer owns) and it seemed somehow
I was chosen, or had volunteered?

I have no military experience or training, but they expected
me to go and I seemed willing. It seemed like a humanitarian
effort rather than military, but we did have to go for military
training. I had not packed any supplies, since I was just at a
party at my grandmother's. I had to leave immediately.

The training facility was nearby and there were a few of us
who were going to be shipped off.

I was running late, the last one there, and I was afraid I would
get in trouble. I didn't. The training seemed very laid back,
and the instructor (military guy) seemed to be giving us the inside track.
"Don't volunteer for the "something something jobs" those are
the high risk ones. He was advising us what to do to be safe.
(This whole attitude of his reminded me of a boating instructor
I know who was giving us the inside track on maritime law.)

We had to get outfitted, and there were two kinds of shoes
we could get, some kind of slippers and sneakers. "But becareful
of the sneakers" I wish I had brought my own and was more
prepared. I thought of all the supplies I had at home that I
wish I could have brought (and even shared)
The images of the bins of slippers and sneakers were vivid.
With red, black and gray felt being the slippers.

There were particular exercises we had to do. And he had
us lined up on a board strung above the ground and he
was talking to us, then all of a sudden the board fell out
from under us, but somehow we were still suspended.
"This is what's going to happen" but he had arranged a safety net
for us, and i thought this is how people must be dying
that there were these dangerous activities that we would be
at risk doing.

After the training, we were shipped off. I don't remember being scared
it seemed liek we would only be gone for a week and a half or so.

The dream ended as I was on the plane there, with no
idea what would happen when I landed.

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This one is a puzzler.