Someone Had to Do It

His alarm rang at the usual time of 4:30 am. Ordinarily, it would be difficult to wake up so early, but he had not fallen asleep to begin with.

If he got up by 4:30, he could make it to the airport by 5:30, and somehow make it to an 11:30 am Eastern time meeting. He lived in Santa Monica. If only he had thought to book his hotel starting on Sunday night instead on Monday. It’s not like he hadn’t been traveling for the past 5…