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c9 ([personal profile] c9) wrote2004-05-03 01:00 pm
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Sick of Work

(I wonder if I could win a prize for using "sick" in so many journal entries.)

I'm not teaching today, and I'm not teaching tomorrow. And some people at my office are, not maliciously, making me feel guilty about being sick. I HATE feeling like my job is at risk because I have a sore throat. FUCK! Just pisses me off. Everyone is overworked and stressed, so tomorrow my scheduler is actually going to teach my course for me. She actually is an instructor, covering for our regular schedule who's on maternity-leave.

Normally I'd just give in and teach, but I know that if I do I'll end up staying sick longer. I taught sick last week and here I am on more drugs. ARGH. So I stand my ground and tell them 'sure, I'll be at work for most of the day, and sure, I'll do other work, even some of your work, but I can't teach.' And now, the fact that I'm here now for part of the day, and willing to be here for part of the day tomorrow, is likely leading some to question whether I'm sick at all. It's happened before.

I really hope we end up deciding on the UK. I need to get out of here, I think.
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[identity profile] nihilicious.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Sick" doesn't even makes the top 100. :)
http://hutta.com/lj/toys/livejournal/wordcount/

Does the doctor have any thoughts on why it's so persistent?

[identity profile] c9.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
When I saw him on the 29th, he said that my tonsils were in fact healing, but just to be safe he gave me another ten days of antibiotics to make sure it healed completely. I suspect the rest of it is just an opportunistic cold or something. I didn't heal quickly the first time either due to the drugs (penicillin doesn't do it for some people apparently) or due to me trying to get back into the real world too quickly (teaching, mostly). So this time I'm avoiding that pitfall.

[identity profile] nihilicious.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
P.S. Did I say "doesn't even makes"? Kill me know. :)

[identity profile] c9.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
*shrug*

I've been noticing a drop in the quality of my verbalization lately. Sad. Must return to English class. Make me talk good.

[identity profile] nihilicious.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
Today, I actually said "unpossible."

Luckily, the person I said it to chimed in with "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" Lawyers are such nerds.

[identity profile] leapfish.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
"When I grow up, I want to be a principal, or a caterpillar. I love you, Principal Skinner!"

[identity profile] leapfish.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Dear Miss Hoover. You have lime disease. Billy's biting me again. Here's a picture of a spirochete. Love, Ralph."

[identity profile] leapfish.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
"You choo-choo-choose me?"

[identity profile] nihilicious.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
"My cat's breath smells like catfood."

[identity profile] nihilicious.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
That was on purpose. Thus the smiley. Thanks though. :)

[identity profile] fiver00.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
Well aren't you clever? Can't even give you a taste of your own medicine.

[identity profile] leapfish.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
I know that you want me to stick around here in hopes of collecting a severance, but I'm not willing. Thus, I propose that we send our visa applications to the appropriate embassy/consulate the minute we get home from the wedding.

[identity profile] c9.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Very tempting. On a percentage scale, with 100% representing the moment you actually cannot stand being there and must literally (and I mean literally literally) leave the building for good, where do you currently stand on staying at work?

I'm just thinking that the severance package should be weighed against the emotional health, and the appropriate departure point (soon but not yet?) selected.

We will not have the money to apply on June 1st. :-(

[identity profile] leapfish.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
We will have the money, I'm sure. Also, I'm nearing 75%. This place is a huge amount of stress. I'm turning into someone that I don't like, and I'm being treated with no respect. No fucking amount of money can change that. Being an automaton in exchange for a couple of pays is not worth it; I know that I'm better than that.

[identity profile] c9.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 11:02 am (UTC)(link)
You are better than that. God I want to quit too.

I'm not so worried about convincing the British High Commission of our solvency as I am of actually being solvent once there. Maybe we could win a small lottery or something.

[identity profile] leapfish.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
You just gave me a great idea! Do you remember me telling you about one of Nick's fund-raising schemes in which he sold "raffle tickets" on his old car? Maybe we could do something with some of our crap. No one will pay $250 for our futon, but they might pay $2 for a chance to have it.

[identity profile] c9.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
Might. Especially when described as 'crap.' :-P

Selling stuff is doable though. Speakers, computer parts, the TV... lots of possibilities.

[identity profile] nihilicious.livejournal.com 2004-05-03 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
I know of several people who have used illicit means to fudge the money requirement. Such as depositing an $300 cheque and inadvertently punching $30000 into the ATM, and immediately going in to correct the error (but not before printing off a bank balance.)

Such people will surely rot in hell. But I'm just saying.

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