illegal

the showerhead is blocked with lime from the water again, there is a new shower head necessary every two years because of this. Stand under the fine warm spray of water, barely awake, sleep only minutes away in the past. Then dry the water off with a towel, and back to the bedroom. Fresh pants and a shirt, fresh trousers.
Sit down to put the socks on and with a grunt-like meeow sound the cat jumps up onto the knees. She wants her early morning caress. So sit there, still barefoot, and stroke the cat for a few moments.
A minute.
And then put the socks onto the feet, the cat jumps down, and uses her paw to pull open the bedroom door.

socks on, shoes on, jacket and then nearly forgotten -  the wallet.

Walk through the nearly sleeping town, pass the little backery, and pass the sign to the pub called Vempyr, spread bat wings are it's trade mark.

Find the car, get in. Because of the rain, there is no reception on the radio.

And the tunnel is still closed.

Take an illegal shortcut through the town, there is no point wasting half an hour driving about.

Driving cars is not nice in the dark and the rain.
But it is better than riding a motorbike in those conditions.

Oh well, off to work again.