right on the hour the traffic slowed

Of course I woke up Friday morning to e-mails telling me to skip the meeting since I'd asked to run out early and all. Sometimes you have to have a meltdown to disturb the balance in such a way that people get a chill miles away and say, "Oh, yes. Jane is out early that day. She shouldn't stay for this meeting."

Or, you know, I could have just said, "Um, do I have to go to this? I have a bus to catch." But there's no way I would do that. Being crazy is really tough, I tell you.