there was a building we passed... as with most dreams, i can't recall the beginnings too clearly. but i was with a group of children. i think there was another woman with me, perhaps a parent of one of the children or something. i dimly recall the city, maybe it was a version of wahiawa or something, and i have an image of cracks in the sidewalk... in any case, we went to this building. i recalled that some of the children had had appointments (perhaps with a pediatrician or something) on a floor upstairs, but that they had missed them, and since we were all here, i thought we might as well stop by and see if they could be taken. i'm not sure why, but the children managed to take the elevator, while i opted to take the stairs. the strange thing about this building was that if you took the stairs, then you had to go through several floors of some promotion that they were having. it almost seemed as though the building were some kind of hotel, and each floor was doing an incredible presentation of their very best, perhaps for prospective weddings or something. in any case, i kind of stumbled up each set of stairs... i recall being on a landing, and hearing an announcement for me... apparently, all of the children had arrived, but i wasn't there, and they didn't know what to do with them. in any case, i gradually made my way up. i recall there was a floor done up like some indian palace. the ceilings were incredibly high. everyone was dressed up in fine tuxedos, especially the wait staff. i saw rich crimson tablecloths, and sherberts of brilliant orange... then, i was trying to find the staircase to access the next floor, but i couldn't find it. i saw this sort of boarded up central area. it looked old. there were these fogged up glass windows, and when i looked in, i could dimly see something, perhaps an old stairway. i attempted to pry one of the window/doors open, but i could see a roach desperate to crawl out, so i sealed it up again. i didn't want a roach or anything to mar the perfection of the presentation that the hotel was putting on. in any case, i followed that central area around its hemisphere, and discovered a sort of ride. some conductor within was controlling the ride. when someone was waiting, a "seat" of sorts appeared. the seat was very rudimentary. at first, i wasn't clear what i was supposed to do. there was a bar that sort of came down (like other rides at amusement parks). part of the bar was supposed to go behind your back, and the side parts were supposed to be support your forearms (and you were supposed to grab them). the seat, this red cushion, actually didn't seem to lock in the perpendicular position, and when i first got on, i felt like i would slide out (that led me to grab the bars). there were other people in this ride, notably this one guy sort of out of sight, maybe diagonally either above or below me. in any case, this "ride" explored the central area of this particular building. i got the impression it was some sort of mill or forge or something. there was the impression of hard stone, of it being impacted. at one point, without warning, the conductor sort of flipped us upwards, so that we could see the dome at the top of the building, which he said was constructed of hard stone. for an instant, there was this feeling of tremendous vertigo, as though i could slip out and "fall" upwards to the distant bowl. anyway, the conductor "flipped us" and i commented to the passenger nearby, "i wish he'd have warned us." we neared the end of the ride...
and that's all i remember from this particular dream...
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