Ennui

 I was at Barbara's house, must have been on an emergency basis because I was wearing only my red nightgown. A car pulled up in front of the house and B. looked out the window, ran to the  hallway and shoved a large box of something she'd been going through high up on a shelf, and hurried out to greet her  guests. There were  at least 2 women and a young man, about the age of the younger woman, maybe late teens. They all had blond hair, I noticed. One of the women was very friendly and we all chatted for a while, and later I thought I was talking to her, but it was the  younger woman. When I turned to go back into the house, wanting to go home and get dressed, Ruthie appeared on the scene, looking like her old self, slender and active. After hugging each other in greeting, I got into her car and we drove off. I didn't know where but she drove to Dorothy's house. Dorothy, surprised,  had just put a cake on the table  and was slipping plastic wrap over a large green salad she had just made. She welcomed us in and Ruth remarked how good the cake looked, so Dorothy served us a piece. Ruth commented on the salad and so we took some. I noticed Ruth put a large amount on her plate but didn't eat any. Dorothy told us she had to leave but we were welcome to stay and eat. I was eating lettuce. She said she was bringing the food to an elderly woman, and started to rewrap the salad, which now only filled half the bowl. Since Ruth hadn't touched her large helping, we began to add that back in the bowl. When I woke up, I was wearing the red nightgown.