Being stranded isn't as bad as it used to be

Driving back from my first client this morning, the guy in the car next to me honked and pointed at the side of my car. Since I couldn't tell what he was talking about, I pulled over hoping that someone had taped a $100 bill to the side of my car. As it turned out, I had a flat tire.

I put the space-saver tire on my Civic and headed to the tire repair place. The wait was over an hour and a half, but I was able to get quite a bit of work done - including this post.

The tire place offers free WiFi so I was able to sit and work on Internet things. I also answered my calls and scheduled appointments for next week. I did have to postpone some appointments for today, but I was still able to get to everyone I had scheduled (at least that's the plan, I haven't left the tire place yet).

Everyone else is watching TV and reading magazines farewell to Princess Di issues of People. I have written my article for today, ordered a couple parts for my new digital camera, caught up on email and read today's news online. I don't feel like this setback has wasted any time. In fact, I have actually enjoyed this unscheduled burst in productivity for today. 

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