Keeping your communication short and sweet is a good strategy for you today. Whenever you can, try to put things in a nice little nutshell. Try not to get too wordy. Zippy little emails, snappy instant messages, and tiny text messages will help you get across the ideas you need to convey: without getting caught up in all of the messy details. Other people are likely to go off on tangents today, but you just won't have time to humor them like you usually do.