dream

[cimorene]

i dreamed they had set up security checkpoints like those in the airports for interstates, and you had to park and get out in this tremendous building. was on a road trip with my parents, in one of these near washington dc, and left my book in a metal detector. had to go back, and got distracted because the guard spoke portuguese and i spoke spanish and we could understand each other. then when i got out my parents had forgotten me and left, and all the payphones there were broken, besides which they don't have a cell phone so i didn't know who to call. someone took me outside and let me use their cell and i called information and got the # for great uncle who lives in dc, but it was their answering machine, so i called my favorite aunt and uncle in kansas. they came and got me and were there in a few hours (it would actually take more like 14 or 17), and we drove back the way my parents had been going and found them, finally.