on a Tuesday morning

I took Alan to school the long way this morning.

I had a physical therapy appointment at 10, was trying to get him to school before 9 and then going to go to my appointment. I was thinking as I drove. Car insurance. Premiums. Wallpaper. Organizing stuff. Medical payments. And I stopped at a red light in the turn lane to the interstate.

Oops.

I don't get on the interstate to take Alan to school.

But I was in the left of 2 turning lanes. And there were cars coming up behind me. He's going to be late to school. I'm going to end up going 8 miles out of my way to get him to school.

And as I merged on the interstate I wondered to myself - why didn't I just do a U-turn back there?

It started out as one of those days.