The other night, after spending time cleaning out my mother's house to get it ready for sale, I had another one of those "not being able to find my way home" sort of dreams. This time, it was in some sort of university setting. Many of the details have escaped in the morning light.

I suspect these dreams are triggered by thinking about my mother's death. On top of this, my wife's boss's mother just passed away which may be adding to these triggers.

There are several different parts of the dream that I have memories of. One was about a coworker getting into an argument about the role of doctors and nurses in primary care. In another section, there was a large sheet cake that graduates twist a screw into. I was not a graduate, but I got to place the first screw, which made some of the others particularly upset.

There was a section in a bar. This may have been where my coworker had the argument, but I don't remember more details. Then, there was the trying to get home. It involved going through levels of an underground parking lot, trying to find a way out.

My dream then moved into wondering about how a friend who was supposed to have a tumor removed on Friday is doing.

A couple days later, I had more dreams that seem to be related to cleaning out my mother's house. One was cleaning out a car in preparation to try and outrun some sort of coming storm. There were a bunch of weird parts, like someone sailing a sailboat up onto the land, and the keel plowing a furrow in the sand. Then a strange woman tried to get a ride with my brother and I as we prepared to leave.

Later, I was at a party. It was at a house from my childhood neighborhood. My brother was at the party, and a friend from the town I live in now showed up. When I was supposed to leave, and head to my mother's house, I tried to find them to get them to come, but I couldn't.