Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Eighty-Four

1. 2am. A man stumbles down the stairs and cannot stand. He is doubled over. I back up slowly down the hallway. He throws up. I back away. He throws up some more. And more. He mumbles something and then starts to eat what he’s thrown up. I run away. A legitimate nightmare.

2. I should try to go back to sleep.

3. What else for today?

4. Slow, slow, slow.

5. Filling out the roster and the schedule and everything is starting to feel real and I am feeling nervous.

6. Not what I needed.

7. Still riding the coaster.

8. I keep looking at the clock.

9. Family call.

10. It’s almost over. But it’s also not.