Finally got a chance to post something.
The ride in was VERY different. Yesterday a water main broke under the road at a BUSY, BUSY intersection near the university I ride through. I always avoid that area by riding on a neighborhood street. The water main was still broken (being repaired???) this morning and the east-west road was closed to traffic.
Well surprise, surprise!! As I rode through the neighborhood I noticed a lot more cars than usual. When I was ~3 blocks away from where I usually turn off I came to a screeching halt. There must have been 50 cars ahead of me. Usually there's only 2 or 3 cars on that road. It only took 3/4 of a second to decide that I wasn't waiting behind all of those idiot cagers. I passed ~48 cars on the left and then cut back to the right between car 48 and 49 because I was making a right turn at the intersection. Continued on my way with no other problems for the reat of the ride.
I hope they have that *&@#% water main repaired before the afternoon rush hour starts or I may find a similar nightmare on my way home.