ohno

I think I'm getting sick. I haven't had a sinus infection in well over a year, thanks to a steady diet of allergy meds with a side of decongestant on the worst days. Today was one of those worst days, but the D isn't doing its usual thing. My face still feel scrunchy and I'm still sneezing.

I've been sick on Christmas before and it SUCKS. I didn't want to eat any of the usual fabulous Christmas food, I didn't want to get to close to the family, didn't want to see any of the kids for fear of getting THEM sick, I didn't care about giving out gifts. I mostly just wanted to curl up in the bed and sleep.

I'm hoping this is just a weather thing today and it'll go away before the weekend. If I have to be sick for a holiday, I'd much rather it be one I don't care about, like New Year's Day. I tend to sleep through that one anyway.

And as an afterthought, it has crossed my mind that if I'm not feeling better I should just take tomorrow as a sick day. I won't. Why? Because first of all, it's the day before a long holiday and I would feel serious guilt thinking that everybody thinks I'm faking it just to get an extra day. I have never in my life faked a sick day and left 800 hours of sick time at the bank when I quit, but the people here don't know that. Second, the way the system works here your first 8 hours of illness is taken from personal leave, subsequent days are taken from sick time. So I'd basically be burning a personal day to stay home tomorrow. I only have 4 days available as it is. I'd have to feel a lot worse to waste a day that I'm hoping to use in a few months for a trip to South Carolina to see my boys!