I had a dream where my husband took a part-time job at a public library. The pay was very low, more like volunteer work, and his main responsibility was helping to organize things at the library.
He asked me to go with him. I noticed there were many homeless people around the area. At night, they would gather near the library, and sometimes even attack people.
In the dream, he was going to the library to conduct an experiment, and I followed him. I saw a lot of homeless people there since they also had access to the public library. I started feeling uneasy and insisted we go home, saying I was worried about leaving our daughter alone at home and asked him to take me back.
After dinner, when our daughter was getting ready for bed, I overheard him telling her that he was going to work at the library. I said, “What? It’s already so late, everyone’s getting ready for bed. Why are you still going to work?”
He replied that he had suddenly remembered he needed to do an experiment. Overall, I felt it wasn’t safe for him to go to the library so late. I mentioned that I’m from Taipei, where the nightlife is lively, but in Seattle, there are many homeless people out at night, making it feel unsafe.
My husband thought I was overthinking it, saying I had watched too many movies and become paranoid. He insisted that the U.S. is actually very safe.
I couldn’t understand why he needed to work so late, and I was concerned about him coming back in the middle of the night. It didn’t seem safe to drive at that hour with poor visibility, plus the library is a public place, and strange people might show up at night.
He kept teasing me, pretending to be a monster and playing around, not really taking my concerns seriously. Despite my worries, he was determined to go to work.
In the dream, I told him I had seen a lot of “volunteer recruitment” notices, and that I’d heard news about people getting robbed on the streets. I just couldn’t shake the feeling of unease and anxiety.
夢見老公在公立圖書館接了一個兼差的工作。薪水很低，比較像是義工，主要幫忙圖書館整理東西。
他找我一起過去。我注意到圖書館這一帶有很多無家可歸的遊民，晚上會聚集在圖書館這邊，有時還會攻擊人。
夢裡他要去圖書館做實驗，我跟著他一起過去。我在那邊看到許多遊民，因為他們也可以去公共圖書館。我感到不安，吵著要回家，說女兒一個人在家不放心，要他載我回家。
晚餐後，女兒準備上床睡覺。我聽到他跟女兒說他要去圖書館工作了。我說：「蛤？都已經這麼晚，大家都要就寢了。你為什麼還要去上班？」
老公說他突然想起要去做一個實驗。總之我覺得這麼晚去圖書館那邊很不安全。我說我從台北來，台北夜生活很熱鬧，但西雅圖這裡夜晚路上很多遊民，就是不安全。
老公覺得我多慮，認為我電影看太多，搞得自己疑神疑鬼，美國其實很安全。
總之我不明白為什麼這麼晚還要去工作，而且他回來是三更半夜，開車也不安全，視線也不好。加上圖書館是公共場所，夜晚可能就會有奇怪的人出沒。
老公一直逗我，故意裝做魔鬼的樣子，跟我鬧著玩，沒有很認真聽進我的話，仍是執意要去工作。
夢裡我還跟老公說，我看到許多「徵義工」的工作，然後有人在路上遇到打劫的新聞。總之我就是覺得很不放心，心不安。
