It started out with Charles and I deciding to take a random trip to Florida. For the weekend. It sounded fun and spontaneous. But what felt like hours later, and we hadn't even hit Ohio yet (yes, I realize I was going to Florida but driving the wrong direction) made me have second thoughts. I started thinking about how we'd have to drive ALL day friday, only have Saturday in FL and then turn around and drive the many, many hours back on Sunday so I could be at work on Monday - and I really started to have my doubts. I also realized that I hadn't booked a hotel or anything for us, and we'd be arriving really late at night, and that I wasn't even sure if we had the gas money to make it to Florida. So I tried to convince Charles that this wasn't the best idea and maybe we should think of something else fun to do this weekend, a bit closer to home. But he would have none of it. And our ETA kept getting later and later because we kept making dumb stops - like this hotel that ended up being a person's house, and a grocery store, and we ran into my Uncle Bob at a parade. While chatting with him, my cell phone rings and it is this guy who tells me he's from the NY State Toll Department and reminds me that when I went home to NY for Christmas, I didn't have cash to pay the tolls on 90 and so they charged it to my "tab" and I never paid it off. And that was 6 months ago. (Apparently, my dream takes place next month). So they are calling to tell me that I have to go to court because I was delinquent on paying. And I g0t SO upset that they are taking me to court over $4.63 that I started crying and saying that this is the only bill I've ever been late on - they can check my credit - and that I should have gotten a 3 month warning before being called into court (which, apparently I somehow knew was protocol) and that I just forgot because I am not accustomed to paying off my "toll tab" but I have $4.63 and could pay it off now rather than go into court. But they said no, I had to go to court tomorrow. 

So I got Charles and tell him the vacation was over because I had to go to court tomorrow in NY (the opposite direction). 

Then my dream switches and I'm already in NY, at my parents house, and I am leaving to go somewhere (maybe court? I dunno). And I walk out and see that it has snowed - tons and tons of snow! And Charles is out playing in the huge drifts when he all of a sudden yells "OH MY GOSH" and runs as fast as he can to the garage. I look out to see what he is yelling at and he is being followed by this huge yellow snake. We run in the house and shut the garage door but there is a whole in the bottom and the snake can fit through it. It follows us into the garage (it moved really, really quickly) and when we tried to get in the house and shut the door, he got in the way so we couldn't close the door. Then another one, a black snake, comes in behind it. 

So we are standing in the family room staring at these 2 giant snakes that are just sitting by the door. I wasn't sure how to kill them to I went up the yellow one and stepped on his head (I did it a couple times)... but it didn't do anything - instead, it just swiped at me. So I called for my dad (who was sleeping) and he comes down in his robe and slippers. He sees the snakes and goes upstairs to put shoes on. In the meantime, I'm remembering that I saw and axe in the garage and wonder if I can cut off their heads. (I was concerned that that might ruin the family room carpet and put a big gash in the floor... but I decided it was worth it.) I couldn't get to the garage with the snakes in the way, so I ran to the front hallway to get out the front door. But when I started running, they chased me (they were super fast) and blocked the door. I started to run up the stairs and close the door to keep them out but as soon as I started up the stairs the yellow one JUMPED at me (I mean he seriously leapt through the air) and I just remember seeing these giant fangs going for my face...

And then I woke up.

Snakes and toll tabs... Needless to say I think I'd almost rather be awake and in pain...