i dreamt that susan had lined up three or four projects for me to complete before i left. i didn't particularly want to do any of them, but wanted to get through them quickly. i started to do one, which she said wasn't the priority, so she told me to work on this other one, that somehow was related to me seeing a movie later. i was then working on that project, which involved reading a stack of papers and writing something, somewhere where i was sitting next to avram. there was a crow watching us. i tried to get the crow's attention by raising the papers when i had finished with them. somehow i thought involving the crow would tell susan something. the crow flew over and started to tug at the tip of the papers. at first i laughed, because i don't think i knew why he'd reacted like that. then as i tried to get up and take the papers to susan, the crow started pulling the papers very hard and whacking me on the head with its wing. scolding me? or trying to force me to go somewhere? i know it was trying to pull me somewhere i didn't want to go, and then when i saw how scared susan looked, i woke up screaming. i felt terrified, thinking the crow was some sort of death symbol, and couldn't go back to sleep for several hours without waking up screaming as soon as i fell asleep. though i know this morning i dreamt that someone at the job i just applied for emailed me a country music cd and a note about how amazing it is to live in alpine. i also dreamt about my friend living in a cave that was spray-painted pink and orange on the outside, and about worrying that diesel hadn't come home in several days.