Back in the workday groove, more or less

[mdlbear]

For the first time in several years, my practice of keeping a good shirt at work paid off -- it rained while I was out for my lunchtime walk. I had just decided to turn back because the weather suddenly seemed cold and threatening when it started. By the time I got back indoors, about 15 minutes later, my shirt was soaked. Fortunately I'd worn my hat.

Backing up to the morning, I managed to turn off my alarm last night (it's a new alarm clock, and I'm not quite familiar with its controls yet). As a result I woke up at about 7:20. Fortunately I was able to get the kids out of bed and ready to go in 20 minutes, about half the usual time. Contrats to the chaoswolf and super_star_girl. But this is why I need you to learn to wake up to your own alarm clocks.

To top it off, I only had one mug of coffee instead of my usual three, so I got to work with far too much blood in my caffeine stream. Fortunately my two Monday meetings and catching up on a week's worth of mail and web reading didn't require more than a couple of functioning neurons.