Ten.Seven Hundred & Sixty-Six

1. 4 am.

2. My jaw is so tight. There’s no way to go back to sleep.

3. Something about the outfit isn’t quite right. The pants? The shoes? I need to be taller.

4. They will get to where they need to be without me. I am necessary but not always. They will learn to get along without me.

5. The way the morning light falls across the hills. The shadows of the turbines. Fog far off in the distance.

6. No music. Don’t feel like music. I turn on Entreleadership instead. I can feel the nerves.

7. I watch her put a packet of something into a glass, then water. It’s fizzy. Must be emergen-c. I can imagine how a job like this could require constant consumption of Vitamin C.

8. I’d stay longer but I really don’t think I could stay awake. I’ve been up since 4 am and I haven’t been sleeping well at night for the last few days. And maybe I’m overwhelmed by it all. But in a good way. I think.

9. I envision myself sprawled across the floor of a big white room and breathing.

10. I like his handshake. I think he means business.