In this dream, my whole family was on vacation and renting a house by
the shore. But there were a bunch of other people along with us, people
I didn’t know and who were strangers and we were sharing this house. My
sister-in-law’s mother seemed to be running the show and there was
concern over using the bathroom and taking showers, etc. She made up a
schedule and was instructing everyone and told me I was first, which
would make my time in the bathroom the middle of the afternoon, I
protested and she said ok then you come with me to…. somewhere I
can’t remember but something to do with her dogs and so I fixed my hair
and went off with her.

Later it seemed as though I was walking around outside of the house
with my shirt off and then was trying to get back in. Inside I was
concerned over the sleeping arrangements. I had been relagated to the
sofa in the living room which meant I had no privacy, couldn’t go to
bed until everyone else in the house went, and so I tried to find spots
for privacy but the whole house just seemed to overrun with strangers.
I found a little spot up in a turret that was more like a child’s play
space as it was very small but I squeezed in there and soon other
people came into the room it looked over and again I had no privacy.

I seem to recall complaining and someone said to me, “Well you wanted
to be on the ‘Real World’ didn’t you? Well now you are sharing a house
with seven strangers.” Then there was something about doing projects
and getting everybody working on what they were supposed. I think it
was my job…. it seemed to me to be sort of like the project manager
of the teams on Martha Stewart’s Apprentice. I said to my mom something
about even if I wanted to I couldn’t get them to do anything because
they all would go to the beach if it was a nice day out.

This was a continuing dream from one sleep cycle to the next throughout
the entire night, with each phase building and exploring more and
deeper into the dream. Those are the high points that I clearly recall
but I do know there was much more to it.