Graduating

I had a dream last night that I graduated from a school. The classes hadn't gone on long & I don't know what the subjects even were, but everyone was required to stay on site during the duration (like even sleeping there). We were all standing around in a huge foyer type room chatting. There were people I hadn't seen since high school. One of them was a friend of mine back in elementary school. She asked me if I needed a ride home, which I did.

I grabbed my suitcase & backpack & followed her outside to her car. It was a winter night & it was cold with lots of snow on the ground. As we made our way to the car, we stopped & told lots of other graduates good-bye.

Her car was a very old one. One of those big late '70's or early '80's boats. We went around to the trunk & dropped our stuff in & jumped into the car. As she pulled out of the parking lot she said we could stay at another friends' place until morning then set off for home. We were at the top of a street. She started down the hill at what I thought was a too fast speed but I didn't say anything b/c I saw the street was slushy but it didn't seem slippery or icy. We got safely down to the bottom & continued on to the friends' place.

We got there & there were several people outside waiting for us. Suddenly the weather was warmer & it was lighter outside than b/4. We got out & the people congratulated us on getting through the class(es). My friend, R. told them that she had the highest score & that I'd gotten the second highest. I actually hadn't even known that until she said it. Someone else there congratulated us again & said that he used to have the all time highest score but that we both beat him out.

Then I woke up. Actually my cat woke me up with her crying.