Never Say Never....Dealing with a cold

It's always funny how we press our luck. I know this because I am always knocking on doors walls, desks what ever when I press my luck by saying I haven't had that or had to do that or what ever;Especially a cold that has been going around. You talk to others who just got over it or are still going through the miseries of the cold and you think wow I'm glad my system is strong enough to fight off that cold!

Well that plastic that I knocked on didn't exactly work this time around as I sit at home unable to get a moment's peace from the coughing, yacking, sneezing, nose blowing, "I'm too hot!", "I'm too cold!", all those horrible feel like crap moments all experienced this morning and most of yesterday. I thought this morning I was surely over the cold and could go in this morning to work, but then the steam from the shower got my coughing started and I could barely call my boss without coughing. I drank a glass of water and hurried with what ever I had to say so that I wouldn't be coughing into the phone.

I still feel quite horrible for even going in to work yesterday. I just hope that no one suffers from my lack of consideration for getting some work done that someone else could have easily done for me. That's just my hard hardheadedness and dedication to my job but it's also selfishness to not consider the health of others. Granted I did wash my hands through out the morning and wiping everything that I touched with antibacterial wipes, I coughed into a napkin and if not I washed my hands, then washing my hands again and again all awhile hoping that with all that effort, no one else gets as sick as I am.

But the cool thing is that I can take it like a grain of salt and relax another day. It's a day of peace to sleep in my bed, take cough medicine, get knocked out and sleep, watch worthless TV or go across the street and catch up on my movies or bring the laptop to bed and catch on some research. Oh, not to worry there are plenty of things to do here that don't require me to get out of bed!

The important thing to always remember when you are sick is to take care of yourself and to not get others sick. You have to question, how important are my tasks to be done if coming in might endanger others to miss work? So I am glad to have called in today!