Thanks for the replies everyone! Often1, we won't be having to go through the hassle of parking, have family picking me up from work that day and taking us straight to the airport...thank god.
Will see if I can leave work earlier (boss hasn't been wanting me to)...if I check in online, I won't have to go to the counter for any reason, correct? I can also drop my bags off curbside? I know there is a deadline for checking in, but what about dropping bags? Can't find anything on BA's site about that.