Bizarre Night Bizarre Day

I’m having a bizarre day.  I had the same dream again last night.   It was just as tangible as the previous night.  But, this time, my emotions where different.  As I flew from spring's , to fall's, to winter’s lands, I knew what to expect.  I took more time admiring the lands and fell in love even more deeply than I had the first time I visited.

As I approached the sovereign mountain, it again flashed between a dwelling, a face, and a rugged mountain side.  However, I could have sworn the face looked indulgent this time around.  I fought the snow, confident that I would win, and pressed unrelentingly forwarded in my world of white.  I emerged victoriously in the same pavilion.  

This time, I spared more time to look around.  I noticed the roses and vines winding their way up each of the pillars.  One pillar would have red roses, another yellow, pink, white, and even black.  I looped around the circle to come back face to face with Merlin.  “Lady,” he bowed to me and held out his hand.  I hesitated only a moment before I landed in his palm.  I found myself chirp in question but he made no reply or explanation as he head down into the maze that represented the heart of this ancient mountain.

All over again, my breath was swept away by the grandeur of these secret dwellings.  As we approached the Mahogany door, this time I spied runes, shining ruby red, engraved on them.  For just a second, I thought I could decipher the art, but then it was gone.  The hush fell, the same, as the doors swung open.  Rather than hiding, I took the time to look at the crowd.  There were young and old, male and female, but all eerie and beautiful – full of grace.  And all looking directly at me.

This time I was gently sat down on the throne and I took off before the old man could move back.  The pain was agonizing, but only for a second, until I burst from my confines.  I was once again naked, standing before the masses.  Why, oh why, am I always naked in this dream?

True to what I thought would happen, as one, everyone kneed and they murmured, “Lady.”

And then I woke up, again disoriented for a moment, before I realized it was only a dream.  But how peculiar for me to have such a realistic dream, twice in a row?  I wonder what my mind is trying to tell me.  Maybe I need a vacation!

But that isn’t where my strange day ends.  I received a call at 9:00 this morning.  Once I am at work, my phone gets locked in my draw and I usually don’t look at it until I leave for the day.  So, I neither heard or saw the call come in.  It wasn’t until I pulled my purse out to leave that I noticed the miss call and that I had a new voice mail.

I checked to see who called.  It was a New York number, one I didn’t recognize, so I decided to check my voice mail when I got home.  Well, it turned out to claim to be some law firm who needs to execute a will in which I am named, blah blah blah.  Sounded like a scam to me.  

But a few things made me pause.  They referred to me by my first, last, AND middle name.  Then they sited the relationship of the person in question to me.  I don’t know the majority of the people they named, but some I did.  It doesn’t make sense that I would be named in anyone’s will, especially since I’m not even the head of my household.

I figured, I can at least Google them to see if they seem legit or not.  Sure enough, the number and the name match up - turns out to be some legit fancy law firm.  The message said I could call them any time until 7:00, which meant I had about an hour and a half to call them if I was going to do so today.  I figure, what the heck.  I didn’t have anything better to do.

I spoke to a nice lady who suddenly became even nicer once I told her who I was and why I was calling.  She passed me on right away.  I didn’t have to wait at all as a man picked up the phone and explained the person in question was a long time and special client of theirs.  It was important that they deal with their last wishes correctly.  It was a long story, and they would like to meet me, at my convenience, to discuss. They gave enough details that I was curious, but it still sounded a little fishy.  And I asked how they could met when they were based out of New York.  They said they would fly down!  Fly down?  For me?  For this?  How totally crazy is that.

We set up a meeting for Thursday during lunch.  I picked the place, a restaurant, safe, near work.  And I plan on taking my friend with me.  This is totally crazy.  Wondering what all this is about.  I can’t imagine anyone in my family having much of anything to hand off.