And that's where the day kind of fell apart.
collinsmom left at 4:00, and I got in at 5:30 (half an hour late because of rush hour traffic through Bloomingfool). Put on my new uniform and went to the troop meeting. Discovered there that I had failed to put my car keys in my pocket (hey, I'd driven the truck all day). But that meant when I got home that I was locked out of my house, with my wife four hours away. So I called my landlords, who cheerfully came over (after a half hour or so) and let me in. I'm still chilled to the bone.