The nightmare that turned into a Green Dream!!

When I woke up this morning, I was shaking from the adrenaline overload!

I started to tell Dan about my dream and before I could even get to the ending, I started laughing uncontrollably!!

It went something like this:

I was preparing to go on a trip with several dozen friends. It was some type of missionary trip and we had to pack very light. I remember going through a series stages where I had to let go of many of the "things" I have collected and were still important to me. As I traveled through the stages, it felt like they were being snatched from me and I became disoriented and nearly discouraged. I still had my iPhone - and that was a relief - until - I suddenly DIDN'T have my iPhone. It was there one second and gone the next. I kept asking people to call my number so I could run around and listen for the ringtone.

Suddenly time fast forwarded and I was on the ocean on a huge barge-like floating community. We had three very large living areas and one of them was covered. We were all going about our business when suddenly, one side of the barge was lifted up. We realized that a whale had taken position under one section of the barge. That went on for several days - we weren't too concerned.

UNTIL

The barge began tilting and creaking and suddenly, one section of the barge was torn from the rest. Annette Webster was the only person in that section and before she could get away, the whale pushed that section rapidly away from us. She was screaming for help but there was nothing we could do.

(note- Annette Webster happens to be the wife of a local computer Guru)

Several of the men decided to go after her. They disengaged one of the two remaining sections of the barge. All but three of us went with them to find Annette.

There I was with two other women, alone on the lone remaining section of the barge. It was the smallest section but sturdy and roomy enough for the three of us.

UNTIL

We felt the barge begin to tilt again!!! Another whale!!

We were near a coastline by then so we quickly disembarked and fastened the barge to the dock.

Even though we were on a dock on a coast, the water was very deep. We could see the whale come closer and closer. For some reason there was only a small area of coast and then a wall of cliffs than rose high into the sky. We saw the whale coming near to the coast and then away.

Near and then away.

Near and then away

Near and then, he reared up at us there on the shore. We used the only weapons we had at the time, several brooms and we began beating the whale every time he came near.

Soon the whale became annoyed with us and headed out to sea.

We considered whether it was safe to go back onto the boat and ocean. We decided it was safe and cast off from the shore. Too late, we saw the whale coming back toward us.

We knew we could never maneuver the barge back to shore in time, In a split second decision, we all jumped in the ocean and swam for shore.

Two of us reached the shore and climbed up, only to look out and see that our last companion was being overtaken by the whale. We screamed! We called to her, 'hurry, hurry, swim faster".

Just as the whale reached her, we covered our faces, not wanted to see her devoured, and with a splash, the WHALE jumped out of the water and onto the shore!!

We couldn't believe our eyes!! Even more shocking, the whale began to speak, "I won't hurt you, and I only ask for one thing".

We could barely breathe, let alone talk. but I finally let out a raspy whisper, "What is it?"

By then, all three of us stood there, eyes open wide and barely breathing when the whale said,
"All I ask is that you stop putting trash in the oceans".

Of course we agreed and the whale happily went on his way.

After about a week, the rest of our group had returned after rescuing Annette. Our eyes grew wide as we saw the improvements they had made to our barge. It was much larger and reinforced with steel!! There were these strange containment sections underneath the outer edges of the barge.

One of the men began explaining the plan. The containment sections were designed to hold whales and instead of using fuel, our barge would be "whale powered'.

All three of us shouted in unism, "NO hurting whales, we just have to continue to use regular fuel". The man started to argue with us until we were able to get his attention and explain what had happened to us while they were gone.

And thus a nightmare turns into a GREEN DREAM!!!