Down for the Count

I was going to write about the Oscars today -- in fact I have it prepared. However, I feel so sorry for myself with this nasty sore throat and cough that I wanted to share it with my followers (not the illness, just the news of the illness) and gain some sympathy.

There isn't much that is worse than feeling down and out with a bad cold, flu or in this case sore throat and cough. The worst of it is that one feels so darn guilty missing work but then if you drag your butt in to work you feel guilty spreading germs to your colleagues. I was at work yesterday (and on my commuter bus) and just coughing away with this disgusting feeling in my throat. I felt rotten for potentially making someone else sick. But I felt rotten being at work and hanging over my desk with no energy, my head was fuzzy (still is) and just plain feeling useless.

I know I am not special, we all feel the same way -- but why do we have to feel guilty about calling in sick. I just hate it. I hem and haw and even get myself dressed to try to get in there but in the end I feel dizzy and nauseous and . . . . you get the drift.

Well, I will be hovering between sleeping and the computer today as I will be "working from home" -- that is one consolation. I can still work with the magic of computer technology.