Oh, I'm fine. It's just that the train I was on, on the way back from a scoring mission during which I admit that I took a bit of an unnecessary risk (not that I'm trying to excuse that ..... I'll admit, I got lucky this time), was diverted in a rather weird way ..... first it stopped in an industrial area just before home, then right through my station, on tracks that were away from the platforms, and came to rest, several sets of points later, somewhere South of Town. Then there was an announcement apologising for the delay, blaming signalling problems and explaining that we would soon be under way again once the driver had changed ends. By this time, I was in the space at the end of the carriage, having moved towards the exit just before I thought we would be pulling into my home station, and was chatting to another passenger who wanted the same stop. And indeed, just at that moment, someone who might very well have been the driver came walking down the train, and I even pushed the button to open the doors for the possibly-probably-driver. And eventually, we returned home, and I left the station without incident and completed my journey from the safety of a taxi. And the real point is, I should have been more careful earlier, and I should not have let my imagination run away with me when the train misbehaved. The state of mind I was already in (bearing in mind the original purpose of the journey ..... You remember Alice? This song's about Alice .....) was not helped by the fact of me having to make the trip in boyclothes and entering my departure station only fractionally less late than the train. And I think it bears mentioning because anyone might find themself in a similar situation ..... Just be careful, OK? Don't take risks, and if you do take risks, don't dwell on them.
"Drier lentils to soak" is just an ironic vegetarian equivalent of "Bigger fish to fry" -- a metaphor for more important problems to deal with. A literary device, if you will.