BTW I had a very short but intense dream last night (or early this morning rather) that I still remember well, which is pretty unusual for me, so I'm inclined to wonder whether there isn't something about it I should be heeding. let me describe it briefly, but it's really pretty nasty...

I'm doing...something to what looks like a stretch of hardwood flooring. I don't remember what the "something" is, but I remember the reaction, and remember thinking that I should have expected the reaction: ants start welling suddenly out of a small hole in the floorboards that I don't remember seeing before.