In this life one thing counts, in the bank large amounts

I called in sick from work today. I would have to say this was an awesome idea cos I am already in the not-so-hot books, but I had a beauty of a fever when I woke up and I thought spending the day in bed might be a good way to prevent becoming full-blown ill. I can’t tell if I am feeling better yet because I am doped up on random medicinal products. I guess I will find out tomorrow if this actually helped.

It’s shitty having to be sick from a job like this. Back when I worked at Dutch Grower’s, or even back at McDonald’s, I could have cared less about showing up for work. I knew that they would be able to pull someone else in no problem, or if they didn’t the lack of my presence would not have a large effect. At E&Y if I don’t show up it just means my work doesn’t get done. This either leaves me to do it later, or piles it on someone else. Now, I don’t mind having to pick up my own slack but I feel like a shithead for leaving my work for other people to do. The shitty conditions we work under fosters a camaraderie where you know the other guy has it as bad as you, so you don’t want to dump your work on him. It sucks, but today I really just didn’t have a choice. Danielle’s mom is in town and she even confirmed that I was sick. Moms are more reliable than doctors for sure.

So I spent the first part of today firing off e-mails to get stuff set up for me to do tomorrow. Then I played video games. Lots of video games. I also made some KD and really that is all I did. Fun stuff.

I have another work Christmas party on Thursday. I am hoping Evan once again drinks more than his share because that is simply awesome/infrequent. Maybe I will have good stories to write after that. If not I plan on heading up to the mountains this weekend, and something should come from that.