dream 12.2.07

a vacant dirt lot and a pile of junk that needed to be cleared from it. me worried about getting my clothes dirty because i hadn't planned to be there for more than a day and i had nothing else to wear. i was dressed up for some kind of a high school reunion and didn't want to trash the only set of clothes i had. thoughts of who i would see there that would still be single. my dad was in the dream too in some way. something having to do with cell phones. him complaining about the shitty service and how expensive they were. i don't recall who i was was working with (maybe my dad?), but we uncovered a large rattlesnake while clearing the lot and it followed us as we slowly tried to back away from it. it followed us and blocked the way out, refusing to be ignored - perhaps a symbol of something that had to be dealt with. me and at least one other grown man, paralyzed with fear, thinking the snake would strike at any moment, and the fearless young boy who suddenly appeared with a weapon of some sort, a machete perhaps, and moved in for the kill...

bizarre, what to make of it, if anything?  the need for some kind of inner yardwork? the dangers of what might be uncovered? the folly of worrying about appearances? the boldness of youth?

maybe....or then again, maybe it was just the melatonin talking...