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Sick but happy

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Betty in Freelance Business, Sick Days No Comments
Rest and get better soon

It started 12 days ago when my husband sneezed. He spent a couple of days with the sniffles and a mild sore throat. Then my son caught it: sore throat, cough, fever. No school for four days, and a whole weekend to fully recover. Then I got it. Everything. Stuffy nose, sore throat, cough, fever, headache, which has now settled into painful sinuses and stuffed up ears.

Sick.

When I worked full time for a company, sick days for my child or myself were extra stressful. Was my child sick enough to stay home? If I sent him to school, was he contagious? Could I take the time off from work? Did I have enough sick days left for the year? Should I send him back to school a day earlier to save some sick time, even if he was still coughing and exhausted? What about when I got sick: if I’d already taken off four days to care for a sick child, could I take off more time to care for myself? Would I infect others at the office if I went in, or would there be more problems caused by me staying away?

But happy.

Now that I work from home and work for myself, I was able to keep my sick child home from school so he could get better. When I got the bug, I was able to arrange my work schedule to get essential client work done but still take time to rest and recover. I could work for an hour, then nap. I work at home so I didn’t worry about passing this illness along to others. I’m still sick, but I feel better already when I think about how much less stressful this has been.

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