I'm not sure if it was a dream or more of a daydream, because I didn't feel asleep. I knew it was happening and that I was still on my bed, so I think it was more of a daydream, but this is the dream- exactly how it happened.
I was part of the President's (a 50 year old man from Wyoming: Mr. Matthew Hill) entourage (assistant to the Press Secretary) and we were leaving Texas where we had been for a campaign stop (Pres. Hill was up for re-election). Everyone traveling on AF1 was aboard, and Pres. Hill was in his office meeting with his Joint Chiefs about the current crisis we were in (a skirmish with Brazil). There was going to be a movie shown: Indiana Jones Gets Married.
Most people got comfortable to watch the movie, but I was in another room (of the plane) meeting with Sam Seaborn, Toby Ziegler, Charley Young (all as the characters they are in West Wing) and the press secretary Elaine Chow (a woman who is actually a cabinent member in real life).
Our meeting was about the President's use of AF1- and how the American people perceive his use of it. The crux was actually that the public thought he needed to use it more than he does. They are paying for it to be maintained, than it should be used. We also talked about the Pres. being afraid of flying. So much so that he will sometimes have the plane driven on the interstate, if he is going only 200 miles away. We discussed the American public's thoughts on this.
I wandered at that point back into the room where everyone else was watching Indy Jones and sat and watched for a bit, but my seat wasn't comfortable, and the girl behind me kept bothering me. Finally she leaned over to whisper to me "Look at the assistant Sec'y of Ed. He's a little excited...don't you think!" and she giggled.
Well, being all proper, I chose not to look, but in lieu of that I went to the back of the room and all of a sudden there were my parents! My real life parents just appeared on AF1- halfway through its flight. Strange. Anyway, I talked to them and my sis (assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff). Then Mom and Dad said that "we are so proud of you that we got you something." and then they showed me this video on their cell phone (at that point I KNEW this wasn't reality!!!) of Dad parking this Honda Fit in my Georgetown Apartment (I didn't have a car of my own, but a parking space came with the apt). It was painted this really neat orange plaid design. Normally I'm not a fan of orange, but I dreamed a beautiful paint job!
So, I thank my parents and am excited to go see it and drive it, but I'm on the plane still! So I show my parents to the movie room, and they decide to just wander around AF1. So I let them. I go off to see how the mtg I was in was progressing. I am quickly caught up on the convo. But I start to have a panic attack, so I gracefully leave to find a quiet room to be in. My sis wanders in, cuz she saw me get up, and wondered what was up. So she sits with me and gets out her cell and calls my boyfriend, who just happens to be on the plane (in my dream my boyfriend was on the JCOS staff- army part). He cames back to take of me, so Kris can get back to work.
We talk through the panic attack and when things get back to normal my boyfriend says "there is something I've been wanting to ask you for awhile, and things keep getting in the way, so I am going to ask you now, before we are interrupted again." and he gets up and triple locks the door. "Will you marry me?" he asks as he is down on one knee, and he pulls out a velvet box and inside it is a gorgeous ring (of course it was gorgeous, it was a dream!). The ring has a round blue sapphire in the middle, and each side of it is a little round red ruby, and on each side of the rubies are tiny round diamonds. All this is set in white gold.
I admire the ring for a few seconds before realizing I haven't said anything! "Why of course I will, I love you!" I say as I lean down, put my hands on his face and kiss him. The kiss ends and he slips the ring on my finger and it fits perfectly, and we hug and smile and all that lovey-dovey stuff.
I then decide that I should probably get back to the meeting, and my boyfriend should probably check in with his boss. First though I wander into the movie room and there is a huge fiasco going on. Some people (there were like 20 in the room) got together and wanted to sue the poor man who had earlier gotten "excited" during the movie . He had been in a corner (his seat) and with his slacks it was hardly obvious, or so I learned as I sorted this mess out. And it had been dark. So I couldn't figure out what the fuss was all about. I'm trying to get people to calm down and see that the man was embarrassed as heck, and felt bad, and that these things happen. We are all adults, just move on. But the ultra conservatives in the room wanted to make an example of this. Finally I got them to tear up the grievence paper they were going to take to Pres. Hill.
At that point I knew the flight had to be nearing its end. We had been flying for what seemed like forever. So I wander back to my meeting, and nothing exciting or productive is being said, so I go in search of my new fiancee. I find him in a back room, looking out a window right behind the right wing. I join him (it is a nice sized window) and we are descending and coming straight at us from a bunch of clouds is a TWA 747.
Obviously our pilot sees it, because we immediately begin evasive manuevers, but there is only so much manueverability you can do with a 747. The TWA flight hits us right behind our right wing, and on the belly of the plane. We kinda bounce. My fiancee and I have nothing to hold on to, so we slide across the floor and he hits his head. Before he passes out I hear him mutter "damn those radar people, this shouldn't happen, we have to be under attack". Then he passes out. I try to revive him, but to no avail. Then I run back and look out the window, we are descending, and the earth is coming up quickly, and it is Lake DeSmet (between Sheridan and Buffalo, Wyoming). I puzzle over that, as we should have been going back to go to the White House. The TWA flight is still on our tail, following us, and the pilot has the plane somewhat under control.
I heard a noise, so I looked outside and saw 4 f-16's out the right window in the back and one fires and takes out the TWA flight. Then I decide I better wake up, before we crash. So I decide to wake up. I remember conciously deciding to wake-up.
It was an interesting episode in my sub-concious, so I thought I'd share it with everyone! Let me tell ya, my creative side comes out when I'm half asleep and asleep!
-Jessie/Paige-
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