he turned , giddy and fully cognizant of how portentously the morning had begun ( even if he were to call it quits here , return to his mattress and lie there for the rest of the day , inert in his clean clothes , he would be able to do so in the glow of what had already turned out to be a truly great sunday ) and grabbed his keys and wallet from a pair of pants crumpled up beside the mattress , scrupulously transferred them to the pockets of the pants he was wearing , patted the thigh pocket to hear the keys jingle ( he didnt want to get locked out ) , strode over to the front door , opened it , andstepped out into the hallway .