Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Seventy-Three
- More sleep. 
- Game day. I stack binders and notebooks onto the bed, check and recheck the clipboard to make sure I have what I need. 
- I hear someone coming into my office. He tells me he was at Sunshine getting a coffee, and the checker said, “Hey, your wife’s on the front page.” He hands me the newspaper and I see my face in a small square box. Why just my face? 
- When you can cancel an unnecessary meeting that no one wants to attend anyway. 
- I better get down there. 
- A Crazy-maker, remember? 
- The one thing that does happen is that your colleagues will rally around you even when you never feel like you have the support from where it should truly come. 
- “I’m an OG 3.” I turn around and look at her. “I knew you had it in you.” They all laugh. 
- She sits down in the chair beside me while I arrange all my things and tells me she never realized how much work I do to prepare for things like this. The children see everything. 
- 36-3. 
- He texts me just the word “win.” 
