Fuzzy head

On Monday night, before I went to sleep, I had a sneeze fit and felt a cold coming on. Sure enough, it came full force at about 4am this morning, when I was at work. Horrible. I had deja vu
of last November when I was so sick but kept going to work, then lost my voice and had a
gross cough for about 1 week. Not wanting to repeat that, I gave in and called out sick.

Calling out sick from graveyard shifts is hard, and I feel bad. Not guilty, because I actually am
sick, but bad because someone will have to cover my shift. But working graveyard when you
are sick is actually very stupid, b/c it basically destroys your performance. There's no point.
It's like fighting the inevitable. Talking to clients and their patients, etc., while sneezing and
and coughing is not good. I'm hoping I feel much better tomorrow morning. We'll see.

At certain times, when I would call out sick, my coworker would immediately call out when I
returned. She is so desperate to not work, she probably thought that we could switch shifts and
it would be cool. Not really, though. I rarely call out. This is probably my fourth sick day
in almost 2 years. That's not bad. I hope she doesn't even know I called out today. I'm not
trying to go in on my nights off just in case someone calls. I did that a few times and it's hard
and you end up angry and resentful of your time being taken.

I woke up today around 12:30pm and felt horrid. Bought some gelato and fruit for later on,
but I feel like roadkill. A shower didn't help. I can't sleep, either, and hope I get good rest
tonight. I have the urge to sneeze, but nothing is happening.

Jurassic Park is on later on, so that's something to look forward to. I'm so happy I just
did it and called out. I had a bad cold a few months ago but went in the whole work week
and felt like I was on death's door for 2 nights in a row. Horrible. The nurses I talked to at
points throughout the night kept asking me if I was sick, too. Horrible.

I'm going to try and just rest until I go to sleep tonight. Crossing my fingers this thing is
out of my system by tomorrow afternoon. Adios.