Something that this physician in Iraq has to think about regularly:
I didn’t have far to go from bed to floor, and I began calculating if the attack would get me to work earlier or later. Many factors were involved. The insurgents had woken me before my alarm would have, which might get me in earlier. On the other hand, the recovery would interrupt the morning ritual, so if I wanted to smell acceptable and not have whiskers, I would head in later. Would the excuse “I’m late because I was mortared.” work? Ah no. No excuses ever work. Our excuses are our own. There is no such thing as early, only on time, or late.
