I figured out the best way to avoid trouble during the evening commute: Don't go to the office.

Now, I'm not advocating playing hooky from your workplace. I'm just saying that arranging to have a day when you work from home is definitely beneficial to one's well-being -- and sanity.

As I had to take care of business with the tire today, I was unable to be at work in the morning. By the time that was taken care of, it was lunch time. A girl's gotta eat, right?

And, hardly anyone was in the office today. That included the person who would be responsible for moving things to me so I could accomplish my job.

Let me tell you: For two people working from their respective home offices, we did just fine. In the end, it won't matter where the work was done. All that matters was that it got done.

And I didn't have to worry about making it home safely -- because I was already there.