Hi Sue—
You don't give us much background information about your relationship with your boyfriend, but your dream is full of travel metaphors that, once explained, ought to help you find your way!
When we are headed the wrong direction in a dream, it usually means we are failing to progress in our personal lives. Given the background you provide, this destination may be a committed relationship with your current boyfriend, whom you describe as intelligent, but also as moody. Being stuck in a dream symbolizes obstacles that we perceive in pursuit of a goal. In your report you inform us that your boyfriend is grounded (another travel metaphor!) by serious health problems. Is this the obstacle on your path to happiness?
Buses in waking life can be slow and cumbersome. Because you are traveling by bus in this dream, your relationship may be progressing more slowly than you hoped. The final metaphor included in your dream -- you are a student again -- also suggests a destination you desire to reach. Do you want to "graduate" to the next level in your relationship (marriage)? The fact that your current partner is very intelligent also suggests that you feel like you are learning from him -- in a "student-teacher" type of relationship.
The message of this dream is clear: It's time to have a heart-to-heart with yourself -- and with this intelligent and intriguing man. Are his health problems a significant obstacle on the road to a romantic relationship? Is your relationship headed in the right direction (progressing toward commitment)? Or will you be stuck on a slow-moving bus that is leading you away from your goals? If this relationship can't be "turned around," it may be time to get off the bus!
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