Running behind

I set an alarm on my stereo to wake me up in the mornings, and then I put the remote control across the room so that I'm forced to get out of bed to turn it off. This morning I rolled over and found the remote control next to my pillow. As a result I ended up sleeping much later than anticipated, and the only reason I woke up then is because someone sent me a text message. So I was running more than a little behind this morning, and ended up driving to work at probably unsafe speeds. Although let's be honest, I do that even when I'm on time. I still got to work a lot later than I wanted to.

Due to my tardy arrival I had to work late. The company I work for is relatively small, and so the entire legal department consists of one lawyer, and his secretary. The lawyer is a very uptight kind of guy. The kind that refuses to sign documents if you forget to type out his middle intial. The kind that took his first vacation in seven years this summer. The kind that doesn't really dress down for dress down days. I said something sort of sarcastic to him once...and only once. He was completely unamused, and just gave me that look like "why did you think that was appropriate?". So I was surprised when he came strolling past my desk a few minutes ago, probably thinking everyone was gone for the day, and let out a huge belch as he passed by. He saw me, after the fact, and rather than say "excuse me," or something he just looked embarrassed and hustled off. I'm pretty sure I just stared at him, I was too surprised to really have any reaction at all.