The dream today was just one simple flash image and that image looks like the photo above. I see an old large tube type radio from the 1930's. The radio is on and the big black tuning dial is lit. I can hear a voice coming from the speakers, but I cannot quite make out what the voice is saying. Then I wake up.
Back in 1993 I went to the Dayton Ham convention in Dayton, Ohio. It is one of the largest conventions for Amateur Radio enthusiasts. I remember the swap meet and there was a company there selling these restored antique Zenith Radios. I instantly fell in love and have wanted to own one ever since. They look so beautiful and sound so wonderful to my ear. Perhaps, when I retire, I will have me one.
So what does this dream mean? I think it is emblematic of how this day has turned out. The wife and I had high hopes for completing her medical examine to finally get her green card. Our hopes were dashed when the doctor refused to finish the examination until we secured a translator and returned for a second visit. A failure of communication had caused our delay. The lawyer let us down in preparing us for all this and I should have anticipated this. I had become complacent. Every time we needed an interpreter one was provided or offered. A small voice in my head was trying to tell me what was about to happen and I was not paying any heed to it.
It is ironic and synchronistic that on the drive home Hakima's sister should call, and over Bluetooth, and the car radio, they should talk in Berber about today's failures, and I cannot fathom a single word.
It echoes the experience of the dream. I hear the message but it doesn't register with my mind. Is Mercury in retrograde right now? It must be. Because all this is just the sort of thing that happens during a retrograde scenario.
The wife is sorely angry with me and depressed. I am despondent. Another week ahead for our immigration nightmare. God, I so want this to be over with! I am going to wallow in self pity for while. Time for another nap and a better more useful dream.
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