It was 12* this morning. At that temperature any adopted Floridian has a strong urge to burrow deeper in the covers and turn up the electric blanket. But I was already awake with a dozen things running through my mind, so I may as well go on to work and take care of those things on my mental “to do” list.

I was heading toward the door, after putting on my coat and bundling up, and fortunately realized I did not have my computer. A quick turn around retrieved this from the kitchen table. Since this is Friday (garbage pickup day), and I had PLENTY of time, I took out the trash as I was on my way to the car. As I was preparing to leave, I noticed my computer bag in the car, but no lunch. (That extra bag I had carried out was the trash, not my lunch.) Lunch was still sitting on the kitchen table (right beside where the computer had been only minutes earlier). So, I went back up the garage steps to get my lunch.

Somehow, while closing the kitchen door with keys in gloved hand, I punched the panic button on the car key fob. By the way, it was 5:30 AM at this time. After a half dozen blasts from the car horn, I punched the correct button to silence the alarm. Maybe no one was disturbed by this.

As I am backing out of the garage, my cell phone rings. Sure enough, it is Diane calling to check about the “emergency.” She had hoped to sleep a little longer before having to get ready for work. Unfortunately, the garage is directly below the bedroom. I explained what happened and apologized for disturbing her sleep as I drove away.

When I got to the end of the block, I couldn’t remember if I had punched the button to close the garage door. A quick turn around confirmed that I had. So, off to work I go (again), thinking this will be a good day to get a LARGE peach tea from Sonic. That’s when I realized, I didn’t have my wallet. So another turn around at the end of the block, a quick call to Diane to let her know I was the one opening the garage door (just below the bedroom), and soon I was on my way to work, again.

Traffic is light this time of the day. Only God and a few other people are awake at this time. The people at Sonic are not even ready for business. So, no peach tea. Now I’m ready to go back to sleep.