Breakfast Meet Cute

The Dreamer is outside in the parking lot of the strip-mall in his childhood neighborhood.

All of the stores are different now. The Dreamer is hungry. Most of the stores are closed but one is open for breakfast. The Dreamer goes inside the restaurant. There are a lot of bagels and other gluten-containing foods there, but the Dreamer does not want to eat those items. There is some granola, and the Dreamer buys it. Then the Dreamer is outside of the breakfast diner and he meets a woman that looks like the Greek Woman from The Red Room. She is the proprietor of the establishment. The Dreamer is curious, attracted, and asks the woman out to dinner. The Greek Woman is coy and says it has to be early. She has responsibilities. It would be too early for the Dreamer, she says. The Dreamer asks her what time. She says they could meet no later than 3:30.

Context: I didn’t eat dinner the night before.

Associations: I associate the old strip-mall with junk food. My Mother had a restaurant in that strip-mall for a short period of time. I worked there. The burgers and fries were good. I’m not currently eating gluten, as a health choice. I find that it upsets my stomach. I like a good breakfast.

Feelings: hunger, attraction, curiosity