Just In The Nick Of Time

What Is This?
This is the #12 Santa Monica Blue Bus that we just barely got onto.

Hate It Or Love It?
Don't you love it when you get somewhere just in the nick of time?

Getting to class right when the bell rings, getting to a basketball game right at tip-off or getting to a movie right after the previews finish is cool. You feel like you did as much as you could beforehand without missing any of the action. But what I'm really talking about are the bigger things.The things that you actually sprint to when you're late. The things where either you're in or you're out. Like getting to a restaurant a minute before they stop serving. Or a high school dance right before the doors close. Or submitting online homework at 11:59:59 (turnitin.com, anyone?). Or in this case, getting on a bus right before it leaves. It's not so much happiness as it is a sense of relief. No one wants to get left on the outside looking in. And if you get there just in time, it's not called almost screwed. It's called perfect timing.

In a totally unrelated thought, if someone would like to suggest an academically acceptable, one word synonym for the word "screwed", please post it. It's been bothering me for a while.