Just got off the phone with my doctor. She’s sick as well. There’s a really nasty viral infection going around, and she believes I have it. She told me she’s been ill with it for over two weeks. Yay. Lots of liquids and bed rest for me. Too bad it cannot be the kind of bed rest I actually enjoy!
I think I’ll be spending Christmas in bed this year watching movies. Could be much worse, right ? Good thing is that we finally found out that our vacation requests for next week have been approved, so I won’t have to work for 10 glorious days in a row.
Good you are free for next week. I agree that bed rest alone is not so enjoyable... or at least not for long 😅 So get well soon, have a lot of rest and watch many movies/fairytales, etc... 😉
Post by sandgrounder on Dec 23, 2022 16:12:29 GMT 1
Apprehensive about tomorrow. A friend & his 2 young kids are coming. It's going to be a day of:-
"Be quiet! Come down from there! Answer when your spoken to! Don't put that in your mouth! Take your hands out of your underpants! Don't stick your finger in your ear! Don't stick your finger up your nose! Don't stick your finger in the dog! Stop breaking wind!"
I can't believe that my friend allows his kids to talk to me like that 😳
Just got off the phone with my doctor. She’s sick as well. There’s a really nasty viral infection going around, and she believes I have it. She told me she’s been ill with it for over two weeks. Yay. Lots of liquids and bed rest for me. Too bad it cannot be the kind of bed rest I actually enjoy!
I think I’ll be spending Christmas in bed this year watching movies. Could be much worse, right ? Good thing is that we finally found out that our vacation requests for next week have been approved, so I won’t have to work for 10 glorious days in a row.
Good you are free for next week. I agree that bed rest alone is not so enjoyable... or at least not for long 😅 So get well soon, have a lot of rest and watch many movies/fairytales, etc... 😉
Best rest alone is what I’ll have to deal with, nobody would want to be near my right now.
I’m still working at the moment, but there’s a rumour going around that we may be let out early today!!! I can start the movie marathon sooner than anticipated.
Undecided. Not sure if I want to have a dinner now or go to sleep. Anyway, I'm finally free till New Year Day.
This week, especially Tuesday - Thursday days were the most tiring time I've had for a long time. To the point that I spent 34 sleepless hours mostly on sitting at the desk and working. I did only a few breaks to eat and straighten my legs. Anyway, I did what I had to do and met the (third) deadline.
Ugh, I’m sorry that you’re still dealing with this health issue that that continues to linger on. Your boss sounds fantastic…like in a total dick-ish way. Do you mind if I ask you what you do ???
Thanks, Danielle . That damned sinusitis must end at the end. When I'm home, it's quite bearable now. Only when it's cold or very dry it comes back in its much worse version like a boomerang.
I work for an international production company in a local sales branch. I deal with customer service and order processing (mainly investment projects), international logistics and also purchasing from the local suppliers as a complement to the company offer.
Free tip: start mailing directly to you CEO from time to time. "Inbetween bosses" hate that. And that can be fun. The same goes for dropping phrases like "I had a good chat with mr. X lately" (mr. X being your CEO). For firework, use "he asked a lot of things about you". Success guaranteed. Always here to help.
Thanks for the tip the18th In fact, I do have good chats with my CEO for instance about music, The Cure included, as he is a big fan of rock music. He even gives me the tips about concerts, new radio stations and such things. I've never noticed it makes any impression on my boss though.
Maybe it's because we have quite a casual atmosphere at the office or maybe it's just my boss who certainly is not sensitive for nuances.
Hi, lioness . I am so sorry about your work. It is AWFUL that your HORRID boss wanted you to stay in the office. I hope your ultimate boss have your direct boss an earful about the fact people are not robots and they should work to keep you happy! Working those hours is not sustainable, even when someone is NOT sick.
So glad to hear Lion is OK.
I am glad Friday is in sight for you and I hope it comes very, very quickly, at which time you can collapse into cozy slumber for as long as you WISH!
It's very kind of you @notkristie . Well, my boss wished me only one thing for this Christmas - to stop being ill at last. I almost heard the other unspoken part - to stop being a problem
Lion is even better now, shows no signs of pain. And I did yesterday a big grocery shopping (after working hours of course, hours filled with... nothing as any normal human being works the day before the Christmas Eve over here, at least not in this business), today after dark when people start the Christmas Eve dinner I paid a visit to my mother and grandmother at the cemetery and now I'm sipping red wine (finally!) and I've just finished watching Home Alone - the most popular Christmas movie over here. I can't see Die Hard anywhere on TV though...
But I don't see And I don't feel But tightly hold up silently My hands before my fading eyes And in my eyes Your smile
I mistook stars reflected in a pond at night for those in the sky.
I have pneumonia, it’s the first time I’ve ever had it. Going to pick up my prescription later. What a way to end a year.
That sounds rough. Hope it's not too serious
Thank you. Overall, I feel not too bad. Apparently I’m in good company; my doctor told me that she’s seen a parade of patients with viral pneumonia these past few weeks. I’ll be taking antibiotics later today, so chances are good that I’ll be just fine.
Just got off the phone with my doctor. She’s sick as well. There’s a really nasty viral infection going around, and she believes I have it. She told me she’s been ill with it for over two weeks. Yay. Lots of liquids and bed rest for me. Too bad it cannot be the kind of bed rest I actually enjoy!
I think I’ll be spending Christmas in bed this year watching movies. Could be much worse, right ? Good thing is that we finally found out that our vacation requests for next week have been approved, so I won’t have to work for 10 glorious days in a row.
Hope you are feeling better. I'm not having a good day. First, a wind storm knocked out the power last night. I woke up feeling really sick. I think it's a roaring sinus infection. I did a COVID test to make sure & it was negative, so that's good. To top things off, my refrigerator bit the dust. It's really old & not worth fixing. It's a pain in the @$$ that I could live without. Need to find one, get it delivered & have the old one hauled away. Of course I now have a freezer full of spoiled food. Eesh! 2022 getting it's last punches in. Called the doctor & hopefully they'll send a prescription for antibiotics in to the pharmacy without me having to run downtown.
Just got off the phone with my doctor. She’s sick as well. There’s a really nasty viral infection going around, and she believes I have it. She told me she’s been ill with it for over two weeks. Yay. Lots of liquids and bed rest for me. Too bad it cannot be the kind of bed rest I actually enjoy!
I think I’ll be spending Christmas in bed this year watching movies. Could be much worse, right ? Good thing is that we finally found out that our vacation requests for next week have been approved, so I won’t have to work for 10 glorious days in a row.
Hope you are feeling better. I'm not having a good day. First, a wind storm knocked out the power last night. I woke up feeling really sick. I think it's a roaring sinus infection. I did a COVID test to make sure & it was negative, so that's good. To top things off, my refrigerator bit the dust. It's really old & not worth fixing. It's a pain in the @$$ that I could live without. Need to find one, get it delivered & have the old one hauled away. Of course I now have a freezer full of spoiled food. Eesh! 2022 getting it's last punches in. Called the doctor & hopefully they'll send a prescription for antibiotics in to the pharmacy without me having to run downtown.
Sorry that you’re feeling under the weather; my doctor said right now that she’s seen lots of people with viral pneumonia and sinus infections.
And I’m very sorry to hear about your freezer pooping out on you! I hate when food goes to waste, but there’s not much you can you. Shirtty.
I have pneumonia, it’s the first time I’ve ever had it. Going to pick up my prescription later. What a way to end a year.
I wish you a quick recovery! Note that it's better to end the year in your own style than in someone else's style. Oh, I heard that Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon might help, but make sure to double check ;-)
Slightly lucky to be alive. The sparky's been working at the new place, fitting the new meter box. Went over there to put some more wood on the stove to help the tile cement dry & he wasn't there but there's a hole in the wall about the size of a 7" record where he's been cutting out the wall to fit the thing. So as not to let all the heat out I stuffed it with screwed up paper. Speaking to him on the phone a little later, it turns out he's discovered a "pirate" cable into the house that was by-passing the meter & that the hole I merrily stuffed had a live mains cable sticking out of it.
Slightly lucky to be alive. The sparky's been working at the new place, fitting the new meter box. Went over there to put some more wood on the stove to help the tile cement dry & he wasn't there but there's a hole in the wall about the size of a 7" record where he's been cutting out the wall to fit the thing. So as not to let all the heat out I stuffed it with screwed up paper. Speaking to him on the phone a little later, it turns out he's discovered a "pirate" cable into the house that was by-passing the meter & that the hole I merrily stuffed had a live mains cable sticking out of it.
Glad you’re okay. Please be careful, you gotta play it safe around electricity.
Slightly lucky to be alive. The sparky's been working at the new place, fitting the new meter box. Went over there to put some more wood on the stove to help the tile cement dry & he wasn't there but there's a hole in the wall about the size of a 7" record where he's been cutting out the wall to fit the thing. So as not to let all the heat out I stuffed it with screwed up paper. Speaking to him on the phone a little later, it turns out he's discovered a "pirate" cable into the house that was by-passing the meter & that the hole I merrily stuffed had a live mains cable sticking out of it.
Glad you’re okay. Please be careful, you gotta play it safe around electricity.
I'm okay. Bit cross about the sparky leaving a live mains cable sticking out of the wall without either marking it , taping it up or even telling me though.
Slightly lucky to be alive. The sparky's been working at the new place, fitting the new meter box. Went over there to put some more wood on the stove to help the tile cement dry & he wasn't there but there's a hole in the wall about the size of a 7" record where he's been cutting out the wall to fit the thing. So as not to let all the heat out I stuffed it with screwed up paper. Speaking to him on the phone a little later, it turns out he's discovered a "pirate" cable into the house that was by-passing the meter & that the hole I merrily stuffed had a live mains cable sticking out of it.