....and then the plumbing failed and the bathroom flooded, and I hauled ass to campus to drop Ears then back again, running several projects by phone in transit, now back at my home desk while also on the phone while also waiting for the plumber, hoping to get back to campus in time for the 3 p.m. meeting I shouldn't have to go to at all except if I don't the A. Nothing or B. Something Stupid that will occur will be a pain in my ass surely.  And I need a cigarette so bad I could shit my eyeballs.  But I don't.

But maybe I should.  Just cut the cord.  Cuz what I really need more than a cigarette is an actual friend.

Update: I cut the cord.