Sorry, I'm late because I had to take care of a more pressing matter: I was in the middle of an intense existential crisis. It's a real time-sink, folks!
I had every intention of doing the work, I swear! But then I got distracted by a suspiciously interested cat.
I was in a meeting, yes, but it was a spontaneous combustion of productivity
Time is relative, folks. I was stuck in a temporal vortex – it has nothing to do with the deadline, I swear.
Need more excuses? I have them!