For Better or Worse? #dreamdiary 214

I’m down at the other end of the supermarket. Someone has opened their own version of a store that’s the same brand as our own. This store is absolutely thriving. Customers are everywhere and there’s one queue to serve them all from. The christmas lights are being put up right in front of me by people on ladders above screens hanging down from the ceiling. The room that they have to operate is double the space of what we have. There’s space to rest items on benches behind shelves that are prepped for promotional items. And they have lots of staff. They’re all young and are willing to fetch stock but no-one is wearing a headset. They’re being led by an ex-colleague of mine. I’ve made a purchase with my staff discount which requires a signature but my receipt is taken off me and is signed by a colleague. I’m about to tell him that’s not how it works but I can’t be bothered as this is my time and I’ve only just discovered this place.

Over-Purposed #dreamdiary 213

I’m in a corridor that’s pasted with yellow vertical curvy walls in brick tiles. The floor and ceiling are both painted cream. My colleague has just brought a pallet of beer into the room. I’ve had to move backwards so that he can push a corner of it into a corner then rotate it round to place it at the end of the room. It seems a very strange method for storing things. There are hundreds of these corners all over the stockroom. It’s anew storage system to reduce theft by keeping everything as far apart from each other as possible and delegated to as few people so that trends can be identified. I’m on the fifth floor waiting for my delivery to be pulled in but there’s nowhere to put it away. There’s a lot of hanging around nowadays. I walk around the wall and there’s a window looking at a multi-storey car park opposite. Our building is in a square that surrounds it.

The War Between the Land and the Sea

This was an interesting series apart from the name; I wonder if it’s going to be a series of spin-offs with UNIT at the helm. The protagonist was involved through the strangest of blips and it’s astonishing how far along he infiltrated considering that this was a military operation. It’s a shame that we don’t get to see much of their world, especially during the descent. I would have expected that the vessel used for this would be more of a craft rather than a giant yo-yo. There were lots of special effects, but I felt that it was a bit drawn-out at the end with character development. It also wasn’t clear as to what Barclay has been injected with, and he could be the virus. There’s vague attempts at humour, but it’s sometimes too serious. It’ll be interesting to hear about what the Doctor has to say of this encounter and whether he’ll have to battle Stewart to save humanity.

The Tooth Factory

I thought the whole point of the tooth fairy was that they use kids’ teeth to make things rather than create the teeth themselves. Perhaps they’ve commercialised themselves in this day and age which is why you don’t see so many of them. Or it could be a refinery but young visitors might not know what that is. I love how the building is supported by a giant tooth and that some of the letters on the sign overhang the others to give them shelter. It looks like the house is watched over by sort of farm creature. It might be a guard to warn fairies to hide, or it could just be in charge of deliveries. There might be an upstairs as well so the whole operation takes place inside the tree and these are simply outhouses to assist in creating space. Or the tree could merely be a tunnel and transportation system and the real operation takes place underground.

Man, Where's My Car? #dreamdiary 212

I’ve parked my car for the day in a multi-storey car park. It was up on the second floor alongside other cars and I couldn’t see any signs saying that access was restricted for the day. But when I returned to the site, the whole building was sealed off with barrier fencing and white sheeting saying that the sign was closed for maintenance. I’d understood if this was for an emergency but this seemed to be for scheduled work as there was no-one around working. I started to get annoyed as the parking ticket would expire soon. I decided to go through the adjacent shopping centre to see if I could enter the building from the other end. At least if I could get to my car I might be able to unbolt the fence from the inside. I head through some double doors and there’s an armed guard in riot gear stood in the corridor by the lift.

On her Own

She likes being on her own to have her own moment of attention. Either that or her sister’s been swallowed up into the ground ready to be turned into a mushroom and she wants a grown-up to capture the evidence. The mushroom itself looks like it’s been pressed into a corner, as if it’s attempting to cope with its dimension. It might not be from this realm. It could also be a passing point marker to another world. The bushes on the left are about to creep in and block her from our sight. Are they protecting her or are they taking us to another realm? Or is she the one that’s being transported? She’s beginning to realise that one of us might not be safe, and she’s using the mushroom to summon assistance. Perhaps the pink marker acts as a barrier to warn us, but the investigation team haven’t reached the woods yet.

The Center of Attention

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to one of these, but we had to make sure that everything was suitable for a wheelchair user. We needed to make sure that everything was as step-free as possible including toilet access. We could probably get a deal online, but it felt more secure to book over the phone as we would have discussed it with a representative. I can’t remember the actual conversation, but I felt reassured after phoning rather than worried. We got a welcome from the team the moment we opened the door. Everything was on the same level, from the bedroom to the sofa. The customer service was fantastic whatever we decided to do. It was all included in the price. We managed to get up to a bit of mischief as well and we didn’t want to miss out on anything, but we always asked first.