trapped

in my own office! this is the most awkwardly hilarious of situations. i need to be at a meeting in stanford at 6pm, and it's 5.51 right now. but i can't leave work, because half my team is standing and chatting outside my office. ideally, i should be wearing my interactive/sociable hat, but instead, my door is closed (as it was to start with) and i am trapped inside my office. it's already too late to open the door and barge into the discussion. and i need to leave, like now. but walking through a mass of people to get out of work would seem oh so awkward. and even sitting at my desk feels so awkward and outcast-like. no escape route that doesn't require a bit of guts. feeling the absence acutely right now. heaven, help!