You’ve finally gained the courage to get out of your warm bed and warm up your car. You force yourself to shower, force yourself to get out of the shower, then throw on clothes while you’re still damp. You realize it’s already 7:55 AM. You hop to your car on one foot because your shoe is in your other hand. You enter the car. Then, in a stroke of luck, you realize you have enough gas to get you to work and back.

As you get on the road, you notice some intense traffic congestion. It’s one of those days, isn’t it? 

You make sullen eye contact with other folks commuting to work as you sip the day-old coffee you left in your car. It doesn’t taste good. Oh well. By the time you move exactly one mile, you realize your boss will be receiving a length «I’m so sorry about this» Teams message. In gridlock traffic, you pull out your phone and realize you’ve just spilled your day-old coffee on yourself. It is one of those days, indeed.

PSA: This does not apply to public transit commuters like myself. Sorry, drivers.