Dream feelings #13

Does it count as a nightmare if you waken feeling stressed out?

I'm in a college lecture hall - its huge.  There's a girl standing next to me that gather up her things ready to leave at the end of the class.  The prof sees her and they have a conversation from across the room about where the girl is headed to next - almost like she has to justify leaving.  I cannot see the prof, because the seats are so low to the ground.  I think, well I need to be going, too, I have to pick up my kids.  I'm gathering my things up and I notice that around the room there are groups of people doing various things.  Class is over, why aren't they leaving?  One group is singing a capella as they stare at the ceiling.  Another group is working on something that looks very complicated, like math or engineering.  What class is this, I wonder?  No one questions me, so I leave the building thinking that I will have to review my notes and get organized later.  I have to pass this class!  I leave the building, which is huge, and set off to find my car.  As I walk out, I think to myself how beautiful it is outside - all golden, must be Fall.  I know I am getting lost - I am traveling through landscapes I don't remember.  There are so many other students around. I finally stop to rest, under some sort of a bower.  A person stops with me, to ask if she can help.  She is a professor there.  I explain which building I came from, dig through my purse to find information, show her a picture of the faculty, but I am unsure exactly which one is my prof, and all of them look disheveled in the photo, so that's all she notices.  It turns out, she cannot help me find my way back to my car, doesn't know exactly which building I was in.  "Its a big place" she shrugs.  I say "I have to go, I've got to pick up my kids" and I start trying to gather up all of my stuff again.  What a mess, I think.  How am I going to find my car?  I guess I will have to retrace my steps. The dream ends.

{is this a dream about retirement?}