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 I'm starting this at 8:38 am. I have been here for about 25 minutes and I already want to take the shuttle back home. I have to be here until 5 p.m. I don't think I can do it. I have to do it. I have to.

Show must go on and all that. But what I wouldn't give to crawl back into bed with some quiet music. It was easier this morning. My brain wasn't fully on, and it was all I could do to put one foot in front of the other. Now I've had breakfast, with orange juice. All the synapses are firing. 

Deep breath. Steady heartbeats. It'll get better. It just...really really sucks right now. Maybe I'll leave early. People want to hear someone moderatly cheerful when they call customer service. I can do this. 

I can do this.

It's great to see this during lunch...

 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Six nuclear warheads on air-launched cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military officials have confirmed.

The plane took the cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base for decommissioning Thursday, the Air Force said.

"This is a major gaffe, and it's going to cause some heads to roll down the line," said Don Shepperd, a retired Air Force major general and military analyst for CNN.

The warheads should have been removed from the missiles before they were attached to the B-52 bomber, according to military officials.

The crew was unaware that the plane was carrying nuclear weapons, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the extraordinary sensitivity and security surrounding the case.

The mistake was discovered after the plane's six-hour flight to Louisiana. 


I feel safe. How about you?