Mothers.

“Oh one other thing – I had a funny dream about you last night. I was quite hysterical when I woke up.”

“Okay..what was it?”

“Well, I went to sleep around 10, and kept waking up every 45 minutes, falling back to sleep, continuing the dream, then waking up again. But each time, it was a new part of the dream.”

“At least you’re consistent, right?”

“Well anyway, we were all on vacation. We were on a gigantic cruise ship. Except, it wasn’t a cruise ship at all, it was a raft shaped like a cruise ship.”

“So you’re telling me that in the ocean is an enormous cruise ship made up of nothing more than rubber, but includes decks, elevators, etc?”

“That’s correct. So naturally, once we realized this wasn’t an actual cruise ship, we were all upset. You were on the boat, but every time I saw you, you switched from a bathing suit to a tuxedo, and then back again. Every Saturday, Brandon Richter would come on the boat to stay over. He would always leave his shoes at the foot of the boat. Do you remember in high school he used to come over after working at the restaurant so you guys could stay up late and play video games or think about drinking or whatever it is you did? That’s why I dreamed that. Anyway, we were very upset until we realized that attached to our cruise raft was an actual cruise ship.”

“Wait, you mean to tell me that all this time, attached to your giant rubber raft, there was an entire ocean liner being towed by a rope, heretofore unnoticed?”

[laughing] “I know! That’s the funny part. Anyway, that was my dream. Thank you for entertaining me and I hope you had fun on the cruise. Please call Pop when you get a chance. Also, tell Brandon I say hi if you talk to him.”

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