I was *gonna* leave early, if my boss hadn't picked today to chat about the fact that he homeschools his kids and wanted to know how my experiences had been. He's a really nice guy though. He is going to let me be a little flexible with my work hours for the next month or so. Talon found out today his project has 6 am meetings scheduled... daily... so we will be getting up at undignified hours. I'm going to head in early, take overlong puppy lunches, and then leave a bit early.
It's nice that your boss is letting you have some flexibility in your hours. Makes things MUCH less stressful!