small fib at work

so today i was supposed to bring in a bunch of books for the class reading list but honestly it felt like an afterthought and i kept forgetting about it. i had all these plans, you know? i have this project due tomorrow too which is why i was running around trying to get everything together, and there are only so many hours in a day. so i figured if i explained myself properly, my principal wouldn't care that the books weren't there yet. i ended up telling her i left them at home and would bring them in tomorrow since i had other stuff going on today. it's not like these were mission-critical items or anything, but still it felt kinda sneaky. she gave me a look though, one of those skeptical ones where you know they're thinking if i really forgot or was just making an excuse. my stomach dropped and i swear i could feel the guilt starting to set in even before i left her office. the funny thing is there's only so many times you can do this without people noticing something isn't quite right, but it's hard for me not to overthink stuff like that and wonder if i'll get called out on it or whatever. hopefully no one will find out, because honestly it was just easier this way at the time.