Maudlin I would summarise but I wouldnt make it justice.
I will start it and maybe others can add a bit??
OP leaves for work, it seems like a wonderful morning in [wherever she is] and, like the hardworking person she is, gets to work.
But then OP is not feeling well. This is very unlike her, you see, so she decides to go home and get in her car.
She gets home and then....