Day Six: Getting My Ass Kicked
Apr. 6th, 2006 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuSo my lovely and talented wife came down with the flu. I was off work all last week on vacation. She started feeling bad about mid-week and came home early from work on Friday, too sick to remain. I took care of her, as is my job (and my pleasure). That's what loving spouses are for.
Not surprisingly, by Sunday I was feeling it as well. I missed work Monday, went in on Tuesday and managed to stay for about four hours before giving up and going home. I stayed home Wednesday (having learned my lesson) and again today. I'm tentatively planning to go in tomorrow--but we'll see.
I'm feeling guilty about missing so much time from work. I was out on vacation last week, as scheduled. Now I've missed most of this week. And I have a day (and potentially more) of jury duty next week. I'd try to reschedule it, but I already did (I was first supposed to show up in February). But I keep telling myself, that's what sick time is for. And if the office policies mean that I have to take four weeks of vacation in the next four months or lose it--hey, that wasn't my decision, it was theirs. And jury duty is my civic obligation.
Doesn't mean I don't feel guilty about leaving them hanging, though. Damned work ethic.
Anyway....
It's been a long time since I've been this sick. Both of us being sick has been challenging. We takes turns caring for one another, depending on who feels worst from hour to hour. Even sitting up for any length of time is tiring, and my brain is too fogged to be able to do any writing--this is the first and only thing I've tried to post anywhere all week. I'm only just able to read, and not for long periods of time. Mostly I lie around in a stupor or watch television--that's about my speed right now.
...and that's all I'm good for for now.
Not surprisingly, by Sunday I was feeling it as well. I missed work Monday, went in on Tuesday and managed to stay for about four hours before giving up and going home. I stayed home Wednesday (having learned my lesson) and again today. I'm tentatively planning to go in tomorrow--but we'll see.
I'm feeling guilty about missing so much time from work. I was out on vacation last week, as scheduled. Now I've missed most of this week. And I have a day (and potentially more) of jury duty next week. I'd try to reschedule it, but I already did (I was first supposed to show up in February). But I keep telling myself, that's what sick time is for. And if the office policies mean that I have to take four weeks of vacation in the next four months or lose it--hey, that wasn't my decision, it was theirs. And jury duty is my civic obligation.
Doesn't mean I don't feel guilty about leaving them hanging, though. Damned work ethic.
Anyway....
It's been a long time since I've been this sick. Both of us being sick has been challenging. We takes turns caring for one another, depending on who feels worst from hour to hour. Even sitting up for any length of time is tiring, and my brain is too fogged to be able to do any writing--this is the first and only thing I've tried to post anywhere all week. I'm only just able to read, and not for long periods of time. Mostly I lie around in a stupor or watch television--that's about my speed right now.
...and that's all I'm good for for now.
