Beating the Blues

I have a five-step plan for beating the blues out of this drab Monday that is stretched out before me like an old, dusty, stinky, worn-out carpet.

Step 1. Coffee
Step 2. Writing.
Step 3. Hot shower.
Step 4. Get the errands out of the way. (Sigh. I hate this part, but I must.)
Step 5. Go and be alone with a book somewhere I won't have to talk to anybody. Today's pick is Nomad's Hotel by Cees Nooteboom, who writes: "A way is away." Indeed.

Now I shall get on with Step 3 and warily watch life get in the way of my plans.