[Editor's Note: Normally I try to pay attention to punctuation and/or correct capitalization when writing my posts, but I like the flow of this so I'll leave it. This might change throughout the day as I remember stuff or get away from the distraction of work. Enjoy.]

had an abrupt start to my day. only minutes after I hit my snooze button for the 7th time, my phone rings. I look at the number and see what can only be my boss' cell phone number. "dustin, I'm stuck in traffic from an accident and I'm supposed to cover a meeting this morning at 8. can you be there at 8?" ... [looking at the clock and seeing 7:12 ... calculating ... calculating ... thinks to self ... dern, it usually takes me an hour to get up and get there taking into account traffic at this particular time in the morning. man, if I had only - oh right, boss is waiting for a response] ... "yeah, I can definitely try".

so I jump out of bed ... ooops don't forget to turn off your alarm for real this time, you might wake the neighbors ... get in the shower and repeat over and over to myself, "there ain't no way I'm gonna make it." ... no time for lather, rinse, repeat this morning ... yep, I'm gonna have to get by with lather, rinse ... in fact, I might even have to skip the rinse part. at least I'll smell good. I need to be out the door by 7:30 ... and that's pushin it. man, I hope my water bottle doesn't smell bad, I don't have time to get the clean one out of the dishwasher. does this mean I need to buy a 4th one? crap, BJ will really make funny of me then. okay, so I think I'm clean. crap I gotta shave. man if only I kept my electric razor charged. how do people do that anyway, use their electric razor in the car without getting shavings all over them. I'll have to ask some folks about that. okay, so I already brushed my teeth. I might have to put my tie on in the car, but what if the length is wrong? no, I'll put it on in the house. that would only save me like 30 seconds anyway. traffic is gonna stink. I can't wait for the mirror to defog this morning, I'm just gonna have to wipe it with my hand. I need to clean the bathroom anyway, it's getting disgusting. man, I hope BJ and Amber don't look in here, it's gross. I promised myself I wouldn't let the bathroom get nasty. Promises promises - oh right, back to the task at hand. man this mach3 really kicks butt. it's a lot better than those stinkin throwaway razors. if only the replacement blades weren't so darn expensive. okay, I can get dressed now, let me just throw on some of this deodorant ... brushed my teeth while the shower warmed up, I'm good to go.

get dressed, put my shoes on. as I'm putting my shoes on, I'm looking at my computer thinking to myself .. don't move the mouse don't move the mouse, you don't have time to look at whatever might be on the screen ... just get your crap and get outta there.

walk outside, oh crap my windows are going to be fogged up and - oh what's this, I left my windows down last night!?! great, now they're gonna be fogged up on the outside AND the inside. this is not going to be pretty. normally I use my ice scraper to get rid of the dew quickly (is this weird?) but of course it doesn't work well for the inside of the windows ... something about the concavity. I'll just have to go without the use of my back window, and my side windows are already down so no need to put them up now. I'll hand wipe the windshield and rely on my windshield wipers and fluid. I can't see a thing out of the back, I hope I don't hit BJ's car. then he'll wish he went to work this morning.

I get out fine. Traffic isn't great but isn't bad either. I make it to work at about 7:57. Good, the meeting hasn't started yet. I poke my head in, no empty chairs. I go get a chair and make it in just as our district manager is closing the door. "who is this kid", they all ask to themselves. I know about 2 people in the room. the manager leading the meeting doesn't know who I am and this leads to an all conference room introduction session. oh good, I think there are a couple of other unfamiliar faces, I'm not the only one. "Dusti-" oh shoot, it's not my turn, oh I can go ahead okay "Dustin Riego - OE". whew, now that that's over with, on with the meeting. 15 minutes pass. in walks my boss. I have been relieved of my duties. walking out, I hear my name. "yes sir?" "Great job, Dustin" ... thanks Mr. District Manager Sir, all in a morning's wake up call.