Woke up this morning (da na na na na)

My alarm buzzed at 6:30am and naturally I hit snooze because I am a snooze-button-pusher, so much so that I wonder why I bother to set the alarm at all.  Sometimes I'll hit snooze 7 or 8 times, in fact, but not on really important days like today.  Today I woke up with that jittery dread you feel before an exciting event - wedding, job interview, vacations. Throw a heap of excitement and a handful of terror into a bowl, mix it up, throw it in a 325 degree oven for 30 minutes and voila - that was me this morning at 6:39 when my alarm buzzed for the second time.

I had three hours to prepare for my first day as the Marketing/PR intern for a real deal book publisher, and first things first, I needed to stop saying things like "real deal book publisher" or I might as well walk into the office and shyly stammer, "Hi, I'm Leigh!  I've got butterflies in my tummy and I'm super duper happy to be here at this big ol' office building.  Grandma says I've made it big.  Will someone warm me up a bottle of milk?"  So, after vowing to be as calm and cool and mature as possible given the circumstances, I faced the day:

6:39 - tumble out of bed like a drunk and mutter good mornings to Sid and the dogs

6:42 - take a shower

6:52 - throw on some lounging-around clothes

6:58 - enjoy coffee and conversation with Sid

7:45 - read

8:45 - jump out of chair as though attached to a rocket and make exaggerated motions and mutterings about reading too long when I should be getting dressed

8:47 - blow dry hair, roll hair, file/paint fingernails and apply makeup

9:19 - grab two shirts from closet to iron since I can't make up mind which to wear

9:21 - realize that very expensive cardigan has a hole near the neck

9:23 - discover a water stain on shirt #1 and a rip in shirt #2

9:24 - mentally curse myself for not taking better care of my clothes

9:25 - iron pants

9:27 - polish boots

9:30 - get dressed

9:35 - master the obstacle course of my hallway, staircase, and living room, avoiding dogs and dog hair at all cost.

9:45 - avoid mud and dirt climbing into Jeep

9:47 - hit the road, Jack.

10:30 - officially start my new job
1:30 - hit the road for my other job

Are you curious about what happened between 10:30-1:30?  No?  Okay, nevermind then.   I'll just say it was a fabulous start to what I feel, deep down in my tummy, will be a life-changing experience.  It was baptism by fire, as promised in the interviews, and I kinda like it that way!