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Hey, the bird show.

I was feeling kind of funky this morning when I walked in here because I made the bonehead mistake of thinking, you know what, I hit snooze one time.

I just need 10 minutes.

One time I hit snooze and I hit it and then I accidentally hit off.

So I wake up at like 5.40 this morning, 20 minutes before the show.

All groggy.

I got that brain fog going as I haul ass to get in here.

And now I'm not even feeling right when I get in here.

I do my espresso shot thinking that was going to give me the jolt that I needed to get me into the bird show spirit.

That didn't do it.

But then how did East Carolina University give me the adrenaline push that I eat?

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