Stopping before it starts
June 26, 2007 by laura
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Could it be that I am actually learning from past behavior?
Last night, I had a really rough time with the flu. This morning, while feeling very dehydrated and quite sore, I was feeling moderately better. Normally, I would suck it up and go into work. However, I have this very loud voice inside my head, reminding me that I had a very drawn out case of pneumonia this year. Perhaps it would be wise to take the day off…and just take it easy. There is no such thing as sick pay at my job….so when I feel lousy, I either take a vacation day, or I have to go without pay.
Sometimes, you just have to go without. Is a few hours of pay worth being sick for the next 5 months. I can assure you, it is not.
So here I am home, about to set up camp on my sofa, watching a movie, and drinking weak tea.
The only thing I regret, is that I chose to be “not well” on the nicest day Vancouver has seen in at least a month. Perhaps I should take my pillow and blanket and sit out in the sun. Perhaps not, I don’t want to have to explain a suntan, when I go back to work tomorrow.
Congratulations! (And, yes, it deserves congratulations – I know how hard it is to stay abed when every neuron is screaming to make up for everything you didn’t do the day before and had planned to do today.) And while lying out in the sun may not be the best idea, it does the body good to have the sunlight ‘out there’ and fresh breezes through the window.
I hope tomorrow your stamina returns to repay you for the rest!
ummm thanks Jenna,
It is very difficult for me to take time off, I am always worried that my co-workers think I am faking it….not sure why I think that, they have all seen me come into work being really really sick. And since I am not rewarded sick pay, and it comes out of my own pocket….why they would even think that, is beyond me. I just need to stop worrying about it altogether.
I am feeling a bit better than yesterday…not fantastic, but I am most certainly able to get myself into work. I just hope its a really quiet day, in my office.