Comes the darkness.

For the first time in a long while, I woke up before daylight this morning. I don't have a clock in my room, so I tried to guess what time it was, judging from the pink that was beginning to creep into the edges of the sky.

About 5:30? I asked myself. Do I have time to get another hour of shuteye?

I decided to go ahead and get up.

I went into the kitchen and saw the time on the stove clock.

6:47.

Damn.