All these things that I have done

The world is made up of people who operate on total autopilot on weekdays, and everyone runs to a strict timetable. Five minutes either way, at morning rush hour, makes a huge difference; if I leave the house at five to eight, I can get straight onto the Wolvercote roundabout. Dead on eight, and I could be waiting there for five minutes (thereby compounding the fact that I'm already late for work.)