This hits hard...

I woke up early today (without an alarm) because I had to bring my dog to a chiropractor at noon.

So I had a cup of coffee and a pipe, watching the morning dew dry up

It's one of 3 days off this week, and that's only because I sacrificed one additional day off to fake an extra shift on Friday. It pays double though, because of union regulations, even though I'd have taken it for regular pay anyway.

The only difference is, that I don't have friends to meet up with, mostly because I don't want to, and that I'm not in a drinking mode yet, but sounds like I could pick that up at some point