Gas station

I had a dream Thursday night/Friday morning that we had a blackout. No electricity. Very much like the Blackout of 2003.

I was driving around trying to get home. Except I wasn't sure where home was. I came to an intersection where there was a gas station on one corner. I went in but the manager said he was leaving to go on vacation. I could look after the place while he was gone if I wanted to. Suddenly he was just totally gone & I was there alone. Someone else showed up. I told him what had happened. We decided to buy supplies for ourselves & sell the rest.

I took water, pop, & food & the money it all cost & hid it upstairs where there was a room set up like an office. There was a desk with lots & lots of papers & ledgers, a couple end tables each with a lamp, & a small couch. I hid the food, beverages, & money away & went back downstairs. There were customers coming in. I told everyone that seeing as the cash register was electric, & therefore, not working everyone had to pay the exact amount as we would not be able to hand out change.

As the day went on, we got more & more customers for food & drinks, but no one could get gas.

At one point, someone drove into the parking lot. I went outside & he dropped down one after another many various packs of unopened cigarettes. He told me to sell them all. He started cry, jumped into his car & took off. I picked up all the cigarettes & took them inside. There were alot of people inside. A couple men started going upstairs to see what was there. I quickly followed them & told them it was the manager's office & they could not be up there. I grabbed an armful of papers & the current accounting ledger & held them close. I again repeated for them to get out. I remember looking out a window, but I can't remember now what I saw.

I ushered the men back down the stairs.

More people were tempted to go up, but I blocked their way telling them to either buy what they needed (provided it was there) & leave immediately.

Then I woke up.