This morning I was awake at 5 AM to prepare for an especially busy day at work. When you’re up that early, you don’t expect a lot of activity on the streets. That would be a correct expectation. What you may not expect is that it will be colder and somehow darker than it was at 11:30 PM the night before.

Bleary eyed, barely moving, yet oddly fascinated by the pre-dawn aura in the air, I arrived at the office before the sun had risen, having watched it set yesterday from my desk. Today will be interesting.

Tomorrow will be worse.