So, I took a nap this evening (Tuesday, even though I'm posting this early Wednesday) and had a really weird dream.

In the dream, I was driving in a semi-residential area, where the speed limit is probably about 45, and going closer to an actual residential neighborhood. I was on the phone with Sister, talking while I was driving, and I noticed that I was going way faster than I should. I touched the brakes, but kept going faster. I told my sister that I couldn't get my car to slow down. The brakes not only weren't working, but I was picking up speed, and I wasn't going downhill. I was thinking that if I just pulled the emergency brake, I might slide off the road or flip the car, but I had to do something. I realized at that point that Sister and I had been disconnected, and I was really mad about that, knowing that I couldn't just stop and call her back again. I looked in my rear view and noticed that there was a little girl behind me, on skates or a skateboard. She had somehow "hooked" my car with her jump rope and was being pulled behind me like a water skier. Now, not only did I need to find a way to stop the car, but I had to be careful that she didn't get hurt! I shut the car off and began to pull the emergency brake slowly, one "click" at a time, so it wouldn't be like suddenly slamming on my brakes. Eventually, I stopped the car, and I jumped out and asked the little girl if she was ok. She wasn't upset at all. She just said she was fine, and acted like she didn't understand why I was so worried. I looked up and her parents were in the yard right by where I stopped, and her mother looked familiar to me. I asked her where I knew her from and she was kind of avoiding me, as if she didn't want to acknowledge that she knew me. I even realized that I knew her daughter's name, but I couldn't figure out how I knew her. I went back to the car and a woman was there who was a big part of my life years ago and has been on my mind a lot lately, so I understand how she got into the dream. She was talking to the tow truck driver and mechanic who somehow had appeared while I was talking to the little girl's parents. The mechanic said my brakes had failed, but I was telling him there was more - that the car kept accelerating as well. The dream jumped to some point later that night, and I was looking for my old friend, who had disappeared after I saw her by the tow truck. I called her name and she came out of the shadows and said she didn't know if I wanted her to stick around. I told her I did.

I don't really remember much more about it. It's obvious it's about losing control, but I'm not sure what some of the other aspects are about yet. I mostly wanted to post a description of the dream so I don't forget.

More later - I promise!