Loud Noises

Early this morning have upsetting dream featuring a device that makes a horrible buzzing noise and is purported--by suspicious looking doctor--to insert Oxygen under the skin. Do not believe this and angrily take device away from doctor so than can buzz own skin. In due course, bubble come up out of pores. Am thoroughly horrified and wake up. Am only slightly relieved to realize that buzzing sound persists in real life -- get up and see out window that facade of building across the street is being bored into with long drill. Take Jenny for jog. Have strange impression that noises especially loud today -- motorcycle about as loud as a helicopter, beeping trucks, three fire engines screaming past, large barking pit bull who Jenny impressively ignores. After run, join Madeline and mother in the elevator. Madeline squats down, pulls up Jenny's ear and shouts You're stinky! Feel that in this case a little nip would be very well deserved; but Jenny a better creature than I and merely looks stonily ahead. When take shower, hear noise that sounds like drill is coming trough wall of shower. It doesn't, and am embarassed and grossed out that have hunched self into shower curtain (note: Purchase new shower curtain liner today.) When get to work, have to shout to ask Libby What is That Noise? Ducts, she shouts back mysteriously. Have unpleasant feeling that am still dreaming. Try to explain feeling to Libby, but have to shout to make self hurt. Very difficult moment when noise stops but finish sentence at high level, ...I wonder if I ever woke up this morning? She nods and says Yes, she knows exactly what I'm talking about. Tone contradicts literal meaning of words.