When I wake up early on these unemployed mornings I check the time and compare it to what I would have been doing a month ago.

Right now it is 6:25am, and I’ve been lying in bed for about 45 minutes reading news of what’s going on in the world through the AP and the New York Times applications on my iPhone. A month ago I would have been hitting the snooze alarm for the last time before getting up.

Later, I’m sure I’ll look at the clock again and think “I would be at the bus stop right now” or “I would just now be arriving at the Braddock Road Station and waiting for the shuttle”.

As a rule of thumb I usually like to stay in bed until at least 8:30, knowing that the Grafik workday has already started before I get up and put the coffee on. Don’t know if that will happen today though; that’s two hours away. Let’s see if I can fall back asleep…