Where on earth?!

So I woke up about 7 minutes ago with absolutely no idea where on earth I was (note: I am in my bed- this should not have been hard for me to figure out). But, there I was, having been jolted awake by the garbage truck, and had that crazy unsettling feeling. You know the one I mean? Where you're pretty sure that you haven't been, you know, transported to another country, but can't for the life of you figure out where you are?

Unless I'm the only one this happens to. Anyway. This does happen to me enough that I have a process to figure out what's going on without freaking out. Open eyes- determine where feet and head are- both there? Excellent! Look at sheets- familiar? Yes! I've definitely seen these before! Slowly roll over- locate window. Trees? No... can't be in Ithaca. OK, don't panic, there's an explaination- and then the garbagemen started yelling. Oh- I'm in New York!

Sometimes there are more steps. Sometimes I don't quite get it before I get sucked back into sleep- that tends to lead to very weird dreams.

But, I figured it out tonight, and so I'm up in NYC at 3 am.

Just me and the mouse. I'm thinking of naming him.