I just told a ridiculous lie about an event I'm attending.
Why do you think that the lie was so ridiculous?
I lied about coming from a successful meeting on time
You should tell them the truth. It is wrong to lie about little things like that.
Nah, they'll understand.
It just does not make a ton of sense to not be honest about something so trivial as a meeting time. If you lie about small things like these, odds are you lie about bigger things as well.