The Thursday evening text message inquired about the possibility of a Friday phone interview.
Knowing the text's recipient, a positive response just minutes later was no surprise. "Sure. Either around 8 a.m, your time or later in the evening," it read.
The "your time" seized the eye. Well aware Colton Underwood is now a member of the Oakland Raiders and was likely on the West Coast, 8 for me meant 6 in the blessed a.m. for Colton.
Placing the call at exactly 8 a.m., a chipper Underwood quickly answered. When asked about the early hour, he responded, "not enough hours in the day.