Calling in dead

[mishaday]

That's what I'm sitting here debating.

I'm not the walking dead, because that requires movement, I'm more like a lump o' dead. Not quite undead, beacuse the undead are much too hyperactive. Shut up, Spike!

I have actual, real sick days. Pardon me while I marvel a moment. I could call in sick without a single dent in my paycheck. I could go back to sleep, I could wake up late and make myself tea and read on the couch, I could go back to sleep...

Wait, what were the drawbacks to this plan? Oh yeah. I'm not sick, really. I don't get sick that often. A cold or two here and there that passes quickly, and that fluke whatever that left me hoarse for three weeks a couple of years ago, but really sick? Not this little blonde duck.

I think what annoys me most is that I started my period yesterday, and it bugs the hell out of me whenever that inconveniences me. I refuse to be a slave to my body, so it better sit up and...

Well, ok, I'm mostly vertical, but it's a chore. I could be just plain tired from the stress of the house situation (to be detailed later when I'm marginally coherent). Or maybe a life-sucking gaki hovered over my bed last night. Guh.

Debate over. More sleep. I'll crawl out from under my rock later.

Comments

Living Dead

[verkan-vall.livejournal.com]

Yuk, gotta hate that visting auntie.
BTW - This is Dan, Friend of Ali, Protector of Pockets, Bane of Backaches, etc. etc.

Sick/Not so sick days don't exist for me. If I want a full paycheck I have to make up the lost time. Can't wait until I am off 90 probation.

Re: Living Dead

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

I did that gig - I was a temp/contractor for the better part of the last four years. I'm mid-way through my 6 month probation, and at the end of that I'll have my vacation as well. They're nice in that they give me the sick days up front.

Re: Living Dead

[verkan-vall.livejournal.com]

That part of temp/contracting does bite, but who knows what wonders await out west?

Going with the, ah, er, flow...

[mz-bstone.livejournal.com]

Occasionally, my menstrual cycle jumps me, hits me over the head and takes me hostage. I use sick days, maybe once or twice a year, when it's really bad. I think, sometimes, that we've gone too far the other direction in our society. Our cycle doesn't make us weaker or less, but it can really bag out our system, especially when there's other stuff going on. It takes energy, stamina for the whole thing, and if you need a day ... I say take it. It's not a weakness, it's just biology. = )

Flowing right along...

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

I'm being commented by a mad punster! Help! <g>

It's not that I think that menses makes us weaker or lesser, it's that I hate buying into the stereotype of moping around on the sofa, consuming gallons of ice cream and popping midol by the handful. It's that we can be perceived as weaker that bugs the hell out of me.

Fortunately, my practical side hit me over the head a couple of times. I've got a lot of things going on, and I need to stay healthy, and it doesn't matter where the exhaustion comes from, if I don't rest, if I don't take care of myself, I can't keep on top of things.

i listen to my body, and when it tells me to 'shut up, lie down and go back to sleep', who am I to argue?