"Please leave your message after the tone."

"Hey, it's Val. Sorry I couldn't answer the phone earlier. I was multi-tasking too much as it was: stepping ankle-deep into a puddle while spilling coffee on myself as I avoided getting hit by a bicyclist, trying desperately to remember the name of the former student who was walking with me, making several mental notes about who to e-mail NOW, and daydreaming about---BEEP!"