I used to have a recurring dream that I was working back in an insurance company I worked for before moving into academia. I had the dream so often that I even started to have dreams where I was convinced it was real because I could remember that I had so many dreams about it, but I'd say to myself 'now it's actually happening, it doesn't feel all that weird'... only to then wake up and realise that this too was a dream.
Anyway, for the first time in a few years, I had another one of those dreams a couple of nights ago - complete with the 'this is actually happening this time' moment. It seemed to go on for ages too, and was very vivid and detailed, so much so that I actually felt a bit confused when I woke up. A key theme of these dreams is the building itself - an all-glass 'modern' 1970's building next to the Commonwealth swimming pool in Edinburgh, in which we only had access to certain parts of it, and my dreams often involved being in parts of the building that were strange or new to me... the dreams are never threatening, but I always considered them to be a result of anxiety about my job/career, and would often get them near the end of a contract, which in my line of work has been quite frequent in the past (not sure what the latest dream says about that, but hey...)
By sheer coincidence, I just saw a post on FB from my old friend who I used to work with in that company/building, and some events company is organising a night inside that very building, and my friend is planning to go... I truly believe that if I were to actually go back to that building, it would completely freak me out, especially if we're allowed to go wherever we want. In some ways, it might be a weird disappointment too, but on the other hand, I am quite intrigued to go and, quite literally, "live the dream" - though I realise that is not exactly what that phrase is intended for...