Got the heck out.
In a real-life situation reminiscent of my dream, I was at the British Council’s IELTS invigilator training when I thought, “Man, I don’t want to do this.¬ Why am I even here?¬ Why don’t I just leave?”¬ The whole training process made the job seem so onerous, plus I’d have to get up really early Saturday morning to do it.¬ I just felt I couldn’t cope, even though I was throwing good money away (RMB 520!) by leaving the meeing early, disqualifying myself from doing the work.¬ But I just couldn’t take it any more.¬ I was getting a headache too, which developed into a minor migraine later.¬¬ I said I’d gotten an important message, and had to leave.¬ Hopefully that made it seem not too strange for me to¬go suddenly.