Last night I had a dream that I was starting grad school, and my first class was in this huge auditorium full of people. Except everyone around me had forgotten their masks, and I had forgotten my mask too, so all of the students were looking at each other and judging their seat neighbors for breathing too much in their direction while also feeling guilty about breaking the rules themselves. No one wanted to sit next to me which made me feel terrible, but I also didn’t want to sit next to anyone either, so hundreds of people were just staring at each other while feeling self conscious and panicked.
I can’t remember a specific time when I dreamed that I was in front of a bunch of people naked, but I can tell you this dream felt the same. That embarrassed, mildly mortifying dread. How could I have left the house without putting that on? Will I ever be allowed in public again? What would my mother think?
So basically I’ve decided that having a dream where you go out in public but forgot to put on a mask is the new having a dream where you forgot your clothes. Instead of your entire body being naked, it’s just your face. Which might be worse, because no one will get sick from seeing me dream-naked. (Hopefully.)
Memoirable Moments 