Sit somewhere and listen for 15 minutes. What do you hear? What's going on around you?

Here is what I heard sitting for 15 minutes in my living room:

Hoban licking himself
Cars coming off or going onto the drive
Someone sneeze outside my window
A door open in my hall
My own breathing, soft
A truck backing up somewhere near enough that I can hear, but far enough away that it's faint
My clothes rubbing together and against my couch as I adjusted myself
Typing (okay it was me doing this, but it still counts)
A mechanical squeak from outside I couldn't identify (perhaps wheels on a shopping cart? Honestly, it sounded a bit like a swing, but that doesn't make any sense. Seriously, this squeak kept happening)
Hoban's tags jingle
Hoban catching his plastic bone that has little ghosts on it (yes I was throwing it)
The sound of my fingers scratching at my scalp (yes, they were mine)
My computer humming quietly
A child delightfully calling out
An adult cooing
A child babbling
The creak of a gate opening
A car horn sounding just once
The door of a car closing
My fingers running through my hair
A car horn sounding louder, more annoyed
An airplane flying overhead
Two car doors close in quick succession
A metallic bang that I couldn't idenitfy
A motorcycle revving
What sounded like a vacuum in the alley
Steps on the broken glass by the curb
Another truck backing up faintly

(Prompt by Kimisha Cassidy)

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