Thena

I'm outside of a jewelry shop in London. It's a Links of London store located at Clarence House. It's a red brick building surrounded by a chain link fence. Good thing there's a fence, I guess, because there's a large crowd of people outside. Although I don't get to go inside, I am given a ring box with the suggestion that my sweetie has ordered something special for me. I open it, expecting to see a ring. Instead, it holds a piece of chain link glued together, not even large enough to encircle a finger. I'm disappointed, but I try to hide it.

I end up leaving with Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, who is driving a minivan that looks like the one my dad used to drive. His wife is sitting in the front passenger seat, and his daughter Alexandra and I take the two captain's chairs in the middle row. Most of the back seat is occupied with junk, but there's probably enough room for someone to squeeze in. As we drive away, Alexandra sees her friend Stéphanie in the crowd. (The eldest son of Grand Duke Henri will be marrying Stéphanie de Lannoy this fall.) She wants to give Stéphanie a ride. I quickly realize that Stéphanie will be given my seat, so I discretely get up and move into the back seat. It's not as comfortable, but it will do for now. Incidentally, this car is in much better condition that my dad's minivan. The leather seats look like they are brand-new. The grand duke isn't happy with his daughter's suggestion that they pick up Stéphanie. He pull over and gets out of the van. I hadn't noticed earlier, but he's wearing a t-shirt and jeans. It seems a little odd for him to be dressed so casually.

A very brief awakening, and it's back to non-lucid dreaming.

I'm in the basement, where someone tells me that the freezer is broken and all the food needs to be moved to another freezer. I wonder why we can't just pack the freezer full of ice packs. I notice that there are refrigerated display cases along the wall (in my basement?), so I start moving frozen food into the cases.

I look around and realize that the ceilings of this basement are awfully low. I could probably touch the ceiling with my fingertips and I'm barely 5 feet tall. The next part of the basement ceiling is so low that even I would have to duck. But I have to pass through there to get to the exit.

Once I go back up the stairs, I find myself near the reception desk of a hospital. I notice my friend Debby is there in a nurse's uniform. I debate going over to say hi to her. While I'm trying to decide, she walks right past me without any sense of recognition. I end up walking out of the building, heading towards a section with a curved glass roof.