The rush

Got up way early in a DC hotel today and cranked another 5k on the Esquire piece, sending it off to Warren at 1115.

He immediately checked out my ending and declared it the worst final line award-winner for 2007--preemptively since it's not even May.

Naturally, I covered my head in shame--or perhaps to shade my thinning crown (no metaphor there).

Then I rushed to a speech in the Navy Yard to a Naval Post Graduate School-sponsored conference on post-conflict ops. Maybe 75 in the room. Decent-to-good performance. Went 1:55 with 20 Q&A.

Then late to an Enterra meet with a major defense contractor who's bringing us aboard for a major gov contract bid proposal. Very technical but fascinating discussion with huge long-term implications.

Then rush to Enterra to fill out forms just before deadline for enrollment passes on all our new benes. We are seriously growing up as a company (skeletal benes when I started nearly two years ago, although great medical).

Then rush to Reagan in COB traffic.

Then hop plane, penning weekend column.

But 18-hourworkday all worthwhile just for limiting away time to a single night from home ....