Bugs and Coins

 My husband and I were on vacation and we ran into some people on the beach. We started talking to them and hit it off and they invited us over. 

As we arrive, I am immediately uncomfortable. The home is a shambles and the yard is a mess. There is garbage everywhere. There are four men, three women and two little girls living there. As we go inside, I am even more unsettled. The house is a mess and they are all drinking and using recreational drugs. Because there are two young girls there, I am also quite angry that they are subjecting these girls to this. 

As I look around, I notice that there are bugs of all kinds everywhere in the house. Their dogs had dug and chewed their way in and out of the house. 

Suddenly, I hear crying and it's one of the little girls. She grabs my hand and leads me to her room. They sleep in a large aquarium that is full of bugs and worms. The one that was crying is now screaming. I take her outside, trying to calm her. She is filthy. She has bugs and bug bites all over her. I clean her up. 

As I walk back into the house, I am looking around and see a hole in the wall with something that looks super old sticking out of it. One of my all time dreams is to find something super old in an old home so this was very exciting!  As I get closer, I see that it is an old envelope full of old coins. Coins like I have never seen before! I say nothing and I put the envelope in my purse. 

I find my husband and plead with him to leave. We are able to sneak out. We decide to take the carruck (this is a cross between a car and a truck but it is different than an SUV). As we pull away, I tell my husband what I found and that I took the envelope. 

One of the Coins was all silver with a pinkish center where the bust was. We were told it was a type of silver dollar that

Joe

 She told me his name was Joe. She didn't share her name with me though. She is sobbing uncontrollably, her sobs echoe, almost as if you can feel them move through you. I ask her what is wrong and she tells me she is mourning for Joe. 

Before she met Joe, she had been very promiscuous and never had a serious or loving relationship. She had three children, all from different fathers, none who wanted to remain part of their lives. Her life was hard. She was a single mother, working long hours to make ends meet. 

She was working as a waitress or server at Penn State University. She had a rough morning with her most reliable sitter unable to make it, her car got a flat tire on her way into work and she was late. Today was not a day she should be late because she was working in the "military wing". (I am not sure if this exists at Penn State but this what the dream said.) She was told this was an important event and they needed her to perform to the best of her ability. And she was late. 

As she got to the banquet/seminar room, it was already super busy. A lot of demands for refills, napkins, silverware. As she went from table to table serving and tending to the needs of the people there, she saw one man who was drawing funny faces on his notepad. She was smiling without realizing it and he looked up at her and laughed. He told her he loved to doodle, especially funny faces and most especially when he was super bored. They had an instant connection.

They began dating and found themselves quickly in love with one another. He had a way of helping her relax and she felt safe and appreciated for the first time in her life. He even loved her children and treated them as his own. 

I'm not sure how much time they spent together, that wasn't clear,  but it was at least months, but maybe years. They were engaged with plans to get married. He received orders that he was to be deployed and

Old Places

 I was in a five story hotel that was really old and interesting, but it was dark-inside and out. Everything was brown-the walls, furniture, floor and the outside. I can't remember if it was brick, stone or wood. 

Inside was a small antique store, or what was supposed to be an antique store. There wasn't much in it, but as old things are, they capture your attention. There was a cash register and a cashier and I talked to her as I waited. This wasn't the first time I had been there. I was waiting to meet the owner because I wanted to either purchase the hotel or enter into a partnership with them that would allow me to renovate. 

The hotel shared a lot with an abandoned and very dilapidated ranch home. The lot had no grass, only sand. The lot was on a hill that was about a football field away from the ocean and there were beautiful beaches around. None of the rooms in the hotel faced the ocean, which was part of the reason I wanted to renovate. I saw the potential for this place. 

There were no other homes around. There were three other old buildings near, but I don't know what they were or what they looked like. 

Everytime I came to the hotel, I was told the owner would be there soon. The owner never did show. 

Now the dream shifts and I am fishing with my Dad. I caught three fish and put them under my seat in the car. As we are driving, I somehow re-catch the smallest of the three fish. Dad says, "I've got an old map that is supposed to be to a castle, but we can't get in without a disguise." We put together a couple disguises and head to the castle and