Thursday, March 04, 2010

That's the way it should be.

My office cohort, Sheila, is gone on holiday to sunny Mexico, where word has it, she is enjoying every minute of her muchly deserved holiday. The last two years have been especially hard ones for her and I am so glad that she is away, in the sun, getting some well deserved rest and relaxation. That being said, I, of course, have come down with a cold bug. Isn't that always the way? Murphy's Law decrees that when you can take off time to be sick you never get sick and when you just can't take time off to be sick, you get sick.
See the picture? That's what I feel like.....cranky, sick and miserable!
I am sneezing and coughing and feeling yucky but I am still valiantly going into work. I am the only one in the main office while Sheila is gone. That office would grind to a stand-still and shut down if we were both gone at the same time. So I keep my Kleenex and hand sanitizer on my desk and I try to stay away from everyone in the plant and other offices. There are times when all I want to do is crawl under my desk and sleep....but I can't, so I don't. There is nothing I can really do about it except drink my hot drinks, blow my nose a lot and take a Tylenol every six hours or so if I start feeling even more yucky. My boss, who I really do like, hovers around me when he hears my having a coughing fit. Do I need anything? Can he go and get me a tea? Coffee? Hot Chocolate? Is there anything he can do? Isn't he just the nicest person? It's like having your mommy there isn't it? NOT!!! He is just worried that I am going to get up out of my chair, turn off my computer and make the announcement that I am too sick to work and I am going home. Who would run the office then? HA! I love having this power over him. Mind you it would probably be more effective if I wasn't coughing up a lung and blowing my nose every few minutes. Nevertheless, I am in a power play position and I could be really mean and go home instead of staying at work. But then .....who would flutter all around me, offering me hot drinks and making little noises that mean....awww poor Lois..... Hubby John? No Way!! When I am in the car with him he wants me to keep my car window open a bit "to suck out all the bad germs"...never mind the fact that I am getting frost bite. Jeez! I will get no sympathy from that side of the car. So I'll be a good girl, go into work, use my hand sanitizer, my Kleenex and Tylenol and not breath near anyone. Sigh....poor me....sniffle, sniffle...no, I'm not crying....my nose is running and I have run out of Kleenex. I am just so happy that Sheila is back on Tuesday. But you know.....with Murphy's Law and the way that always goes, I should be all better by then. With no sign of sniffles or lungs being coughed out, Sheila will think I have had an easy smeasy week and she won't feel guilty about being gone. And that's the way it should be.

4 comments:

Tolentreasures said...

Hope that you are feeling better soon. Great power over your boss! Normally I have one cold after another all winter and this year, after the first one and some great advice, I have been taking a multivitamin and vitamin D and C, no colds since two weeks after I started taking them. Get better soon.

Gingham Skies said...

lemon, honey and hot water! mmmmmmmmmm! Hope you feel better soon, Mom! You know what the one good thing is about you being sick? I get chicken noodle soup. :)

Oh yeah, and I guess you do too.

Laurie said...

Oh the agony! I totally know where you're coming from Lois! This week I made a huge pot of chicken rice soup with my secret germ killing ingredient and took it to my niece who lives next door. Her, her husband, Ken and I all were miserable with this cold junk, and it went down sooo good. Take it easy, liquids, and aspirin, there you go!

Lois said...

HiCathy!
Thanks for stopping by. I do take vitamin D and a multi one but not C. I will have to try that.
Thanks for the advise.

Hey J!
We both got our soup so I just need to try the lemon,honey and hot water. Thanks! Mom

Hi Laurie.
My Hubby John made the soup and I am taking Tylenol so, hopefully, this bug will be gone sooner than later. Thanks for the comments and for stopping by.
Lois