(10/4/09) poor household performance

Dream #1

I was in a house with my family (?). The house was nice and clean. It was lit with slightly dim, warm, incandescent light.

I was engaged by myself in a task which seemed to consist of carrying an object before me while making a counter-clockwise circuit through some of the main rooms at the core of the house. I made the circuit through the rooms (like the kitchen, dining room, etc.) by walking atop things like counters, tables, etc. It was like all these elevated circuits formed a continuous track through the rooms.

At first the object I held before me was small, like a white candle in a glass, maybe three inches tall. But as I went on, the object became taller and more complex, like an eighteen-inch-tall candle stand made of black iron. At first the candle may have been lit. But then it was extinguished.

I was eventually straddled on an iron barrier, scooting forward bit by bit. I could tell I was being judged poorly by my family for just scooting along like this, as if I'd already failed whatever task I'd set out to accomplish.