My Dream

I had a wild dream this morning and wanted to be sure to get it down so I could remember it……

I dreamed that the girls were outside barking and going crazy and I went out to see what was driving them nuts. I discovered that there was a man lounging on some lawn furniture with a drink in the yard that borders my back yard. He was just sitting there sipping on his drink, not at all phased by the dogs barking at the fence trying to get his attention. I went to the fence and got the girls to settle down and said “hello” to the man. He turned around and said “hello” back and I saw that it was Jack Nicholson!!!! I became very excited that Jack Nicholson was my new neighbor, but I turned my back to him and composed myself. I told the girls that I didn’t want him to think that he had a crazed stalking fan as a neighbor. Once composed, I turned back around and welcomed him to the neighborhood and introduced myself.

When I went back in the house, the doorbell rang. It was Katherine Hepburn and a gentleman I didn’t recognize!!! I was happy to see her and greeted her like I would a dear friend that I hadn’t seen in a long time – I gave her a hug and said “Katherine, what a wonderful surprise! How are you?” I invited her in and we sat down for some tea and cookies. She began to tell me that she has pulled together a bunch of “us Grandmas”, as she called them, to put on a special show to benefit Communities In Schools of Lee County – she commented about how she knew I was involved with that organization and wanted to help us with our fund raising. She told me all about the “revival” – she had a long list of great singers, dancers, and actors from the 1940s and 1950s who would perform in a variety type show of songs, dance, and theatrical readings! I was really getting excited!!! The catch, however, was that it had to be put on THAT night!!! It was the only opportunity she had to get them all together!!! She needed my help in finding a location and advertising it. I told her that the Temple Theater would be a GREAT place to do it, but that they already had a show that night so it wasn’t available. I then thought about the Civic Center, but they are usually booked up way in advance, so we marked it off the list. Then, we decided that having it at one of the school auditoriums would be brilliant — so, I put her in touch with a good friend of mine, Sharon, at the Central Office so she could start finding out how we go about securing one of the auditoriums while I contacted the Office Max, Billy Liggett, Wayne Staton, and Margaret Murchison for ideas on how we get the word out to everyone in town as quickly as possible!!!

Later that day, we were all sitting on my patio (my new neighbor Jack, Katherine, her friend, Sharon, Billy, Wayne, Margaret, Alison from CIS, my girls, and Jack’s dogs) working out the details and getting ready for the revival ——– then, I woke up!!!! The girls were hounding me to get up cause it was breakfast time!!!! They broke my concentration and I lost the dream — I’ll never know how wonderful the show was that Katherine Hepburn brought to Sanford to raise money for Communities In Schools!!!! Uugghh!!!!