Extraordinary days will be ordinary
Then, the extraordinary days when Derek has a
big project to work on or receives 80 e‑mails will
not be a burden.  He may have to delay responses
for a day or two, but then he will catch up and
maintain the two-hour set point.
In those cases, he will e‑mail people within two
hours as usual saying he’s not able to respond
adequately, so it may take him a day or two to get
back to the sender.