The main doors to the building where I work automatically unlock every day at 7 a.m. They automatically lock again at 7 p.m.

Today, I was cutting it really close -- on both ends.

After waking at 5 a.m., I got ready as slowly as I could, but still arrived at my office building at 7:05. (It's actually good that I was so early; I found out later that there was a massive traffic tie-up that would've taken longer than my commute to get past.)

I worked hard all day -- I took a break for lunch -- before finally leaving the building at 6:35.

And so, I have just closed the book on another 12-hour day. May it be my last ... for at least a little while.