Perceptions are the truth

Im feeling very smart.

Months ago, i anticipated that i would run into probs with my marathon training. In fact, knowing myself so well, i knew i was going to be too caught up with work and socializing to train properly for the upcoming run.

So being the very smart me, i decided to apply leave from work to run..

Very wasteful? Naaa...Not when i have to sell 7 days of my leave last year and still have trouble clearing my remaining 14 days of leave. (Last i checked, i still have 2 days of leave from year 2006 which i have to clear somewhere in the next 1.5 months...)

I was feeling very smart yesterday when i even told my boss....

'Sir, I wont be able to run through thursday's presentation with you.. Im on leave tomorrow becoz i need to run...'

But...im no longer feeling very smart...

WHY?