Reverie

I had an interesting dream this morning.
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I was at home, on the farm, taking part in a run. I was cheating slightly as I seemed to be attached to a balloon which enabled me to float as I ran. One stride would take me about 10 metres - floaty running is a recurring theme in my dreams.

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We were running along the top of the field where the cattle were, I had to be careful not to run into them as it's difficult to change direction while floating. As we reached the corner of the barn, the others turned right and went into the barn. Unfortunately, I floated off over the fence and drifted down the field. I thrashed about wildly but I couldn't turn myself around. I found myself hovering above a cow and I think I used its head to propel myself back to the barn.

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Entering the barn, I realised that the others were in the army, and I was just accompanying them as an observer. As I reached them, I tried to fit into the line but overshot it and had to readjust myself several times. Their sergeant, who was inspecting them, wasn't very impressed by this and told me I'd have to be up at 7:00 in the morning and perform some horrible task, which I've forgotten now but I think it involved water. He didn't seem to understand that I was just observing.

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The other soldiers were surprisingly supportive and I told them so. One of them, I think, was Paul from Coventry, who was on my printing course from 1992-95. Another was someone from the Catholic society here. Afterwards they sat around and played various musical instruments quietly. I strummed someone's guitar and it seemed to have a natural overdrive effect, and reverb. But we decided it was just the acoustics in the barn playing tricks.

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What does it all mean?