Chapter 7Although he had no trouble getting up and arriving at work by 7:30, Joe enjoyed sleeping in on Sundays. Something inside him allowed him to sleep like the dead until about eleven. Then, after a trip to the bathroom, he’d get back in bed and lie there awhile, enjoying the delicious feeling of idleness, of not having to do anything he didn’t want to.
Since he’d gotten his new job, he’d taken to skipping Sunday breakfast. He sometimes stroked one off before leaving his bed for the second time. Always he had a long, hot shower. He liked to shave in the shower while it was cloudy with steam. Then he’d dress, catch the forecast for the Toledo area on the Weather Channel, and switch to CNN for the headline news. At about one he’d go to one of the local restaurants where he’d have a serv
