Conscription

Sometimes I have some incredible dreams... worth a film script possibly.
Time to time, they are absolutely bizarre and completely surreal.
The things my mind creates when I am unconscious are amazing sometimes, and to be honest sometimes I wish my mind was more fun when I was awake.

Here is a little story my mind shared with me last night.....
Setting:
Prior to WWII I believe..somewhere on the east coast.

It was around the current time of year. I was wearing a sandy colored jacket and skirt. Very 1930s/40s . There was a black trim on the sleeves as well as along the middle seam and the buttons were black. I had peep toe shoes on and although I quite liked the get up it did not make much sense for the conditions of the dream.

It was a crazy time and the war was desperately calling for more people to fight. I was afraid of this as my fiance, Kevin had not yet been forced to serve. At this time we had all been called to a local factory to be conscripted in one way or another in order to support the war efforts. As religious people I knew Kevin and Perry (who was also in the dream) would not be called to war. at least I hoped that had not changed yet. The Factory was filled with police and tons of people running here and there. There were long lines against the far end of the factory. There were long desks with solemn people standing behind them dealing with each person as their turn approached. Windows behind the these workers revealed a harbour port behind the factory.
This worried me as I realized, our religious beliefs maybe would not stop enrollment to fight this time. Kevin seemed completely calm. I couldn't understand why of course. HIm and Perry were joking as if everything was normal. I felt very afraid of losing my fiance.
We chose a line to stand in and there were papers on tables that were to be filled out. Basically they asked strengths and weaknesses . I guessed this was a way for them to figure out where we best be placed. The options were slimmer for women, and in any case. My strength ended up coming up as housewife. Kevin and Perry both came up with electrician or construction. I was relieved and hoped that this would be their sentence.
Random, the paper that declared I was an ideal house wife had a picture of Marilyn Monroe on it. As I read through the rest of the tacky green paper, the bottom said...2nd choice. actress.
When we got to the front of the line, Kevin and Perry chatted with the homely plain looking woman and man behind the counter who agreed that they would stay home and work for the town. I was relieved. It was then my turn. I started to flip through pages of what they called dream wedding carriages (not sure why). They very much resembled Cinderella's pumpkin carriage. There were elaborate ones and simple ones.... why was this important? I do not know. I figured they were trying to get to me upgrade from middle class status to something else.
Kevin took off while I was still explaining that I wanted to stay engaged to my current fiance. They thought I should marry one of the army generals. I never really found out the verdict, as my dream jumped ahead. I frantically ran out of the factory afraid that I had lost Kevin forever.
My cell phone vibrated.... suddenly I wondered why i had a cell phone. I looked at it, kevin was calling and now i was in a shopping mall I did not recognize.....
THE END.

Sheesh.