pretty plastic flowers

I rode to work in a blizzard and arrived there covered with snow. The boss arrived in her Tesla at the same moment and understood how cold and wet I was as well as how much personal physical effort I had put in just to arrive. She called me a hero and I grabbed the moment to request an early swerve, which was granted.
Therefore I was able to jump on a bus to Oxford a whole hour earlier than would have been imaginable had none of the above happened.