Must be the only guy who wakes up with a cold on Saturday and is somehow magically able to predict that I'm not going to be fit to fly on a Monday.

Shoot, I probably could fly-coughing 4 or 5 times a minute...but I tend to be of the mindset that if I'm coughing that frequently or having a tough time equalizing the pressure in my ears that an airplane is the last place in the world I want to be.

Driving to work, call him. Call RF right now and tell him there's some guy on the internet who thinks it's somehow okay to drive to work 4-5 hours early instead of resting. I would welcome that conversation anytime.

Personally, I tend to think that's a good example of managing my rest.
Why would anyone hav issues with me making the 25-30 minute trip into the AOC to get a sleep room at 8-9pm? Taking full advantage of our sleep rooms and loving the relatively recent addition of the wakeup call program.

What ifs? What if your hypothetical trip is a single departure in excess of current SL balance? Do I still get to not answer? Do I make something up? Or do I tell my FC why I felt I wasn't fit to fly, asking me if they really want me in the cockpit under situations like that...and then tell them I think it's an unsafe decision illustrating poor judgment and that I'll be filing an ASAP report and requesting my Union to engage with the company in hopes of sanity breaking out.

In my real world experience, my wife and kids happened to be about 2 gates away from Security in N'awlins when whacko guy came through and was shot. There was much chaos and mayhem. I learned of it thanks to a tense, tense call from the wife about 10 minutes prior to bus time. I elected to involve the DO in my decision making. I also don't keep secrets from whomever I am flying with.