The day started out pretty well, even though it began with less than six hours of sleep, at 4:40 a.m.<\/p>\n
I got up at 5:30 and did all the good-girl things first: I wrote, I ate breakfast, I took time to admire the beautiful sky and its hazy crescent moon.<\/p>\n
I made a huge effort to be\u00a0patient with the near-constant interruptions from the ongoing work\u00a0on the house. It\u00a0destroyed my concentration and stole more than three very unpaid hours from the peak part of my work day.<\/p>\n
I was distracted by the roiling waves of bad news crashing on my computer screen. A train wreck I can’t seem to look away from.<\/p>\n
By 7:30 p.m. I was defeated. I failed to complete anything I set out to do today.<\/p>\n
They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn.<\/p>\n
Today’s penny is a 2013 because in a week, prepared or not, I’ll be training 13 journalists\u00a0in Pakistan, long-distance.<\/p>\n
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