See, when you’re out late drinking and playing pool with the CIO, even if you leave the party before most of the others, you really should be able to sleep in. But it wasn’t my alarm clock (which I’d set ahead an hour) that woke me. It was all the damn birds chirping away like mad at 4:30 in the frelling morning …<\/p>\n
… well, and maybe all that drinking the night before, too.<\/p>\n
… and maybe the huge meal I ate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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