"Busy?"

I was never busy. I'm only preoccupied. Never did it appear that busy was synonymous to preoccupied.

When I say I am preoccupied, something is "booked" in my schedule. Either I cancel things, postpone it, make adjustments.

When I say I am busy, I have no time for nonsense things.

Confused?

From Dictionary.com:

pre·oc·cu·py

   [pree-ok-yuh-pahy] Show IPA

–verb (used with object), -pied, -py·ing.

1.

to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.

2.

to occupy beforehand or before others.

bus·y

   [biz-ee] Show IPAadjective, bus·i·er, bus·i·est, verb, bus·ied, bus·y·ing.

–adjective

1.

actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busywith her work.

2.

not at leisure; otherwise engaged: He couldn't see anyvisitors because he was busy.

3.

full of or characterized by activity: a busy life.

4.

(of a telephone line) in use by a party or parties and notimmediately accessible.

5.

officious; meddlesome; prying.

6.

ornate, disparate, or clashing in design or colors; clutteredwith small,

In your case, I was never busy, I can always find time FOR YOU amidst being preoccupied of mine.