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©2001 david mulhern

I remember that I was at my high school, and was in the AP's office. I had to bring 'something' to 'somebody' (something dumb - like a pen). As I was leaving, there was an orange chair in front of the door blocking it. 

I kicked it out of the way and a guard yelled at me. I turned around to put it back, and said "it's been 10 years since I’ve gone to school here, but I still know the AP's office is closed at lunch"

I walked around looking for the cafeteria (it wasn't my High School anymore - more like a food court in a mall.) I thought to myself that it must be nice to have all those choices for lunch. 

I was approaching the exit doors, when an old lady asked me to help her. She was sitting at a table with 2 other old ladies. One had a Styrofoam cup of hot chocolate in front of her, the other had a bag from McDonald’s. 

The first one was trying to put ice into a bag. There was a waitress standing there who was dressed like Flo from 'Alice' --- hair color, accent, and all. 

She took another Styrofoam pitcher (remember what they used to give you when you were in the hospital years ago - the little yellow pitchers with the Styrofoam sleeve) and poured water into the woman's hot chocolate. 

She handed me the pitcher, and said "put that ice in that bag." I started to remove the top of the pitcher and she SCREAMED at me. JUST THE ICE!!! Which was virtually impossible. 

I managed to get half the bag full of ice. I was trying to tie it closed, and as I was doing that, the ice was melting at an incredibly fast rate. I was holding a bag of water by that time and couldn't get it closed. There were four 'handles' at the top of the bag that had to be tied diagonally. Since the bag was full of water they wouldn't cross. I remember thinking that if only the water level would go down, I could do it. 

The next thing I knew, the bag was full of ice. I closed it, handed it to the woman and walked away. 

A few feet away, I saw a guy I knew in junior high school, and said hi. He was with his family (whom I never met). I remember thinking that they were nice. 

I told them so, but said I was in a hurry and had to go. Before I walked out the door, I remember seeing him pick up "his father" spin him around and kiss him on the cheek! Then I woke up...

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