Sick Days

Yesterday (Sunday), I was just too sick to do anything except lie around, nap, and feel sorry for myself. So no Sunday Scoreboard or Sunday anything. This virus is very persistent -- it just doesn't want to go away. However, when I woke up this morning, I felt quite a bit better.

I had planned to finish the remaining pieces of work on the Army proposal yesterday, but couldn't bring myself to work through my misery. So I finished it off this morning and e-mailed everything to the client. I am hoping that I won't have to do any more work on it today; the client will Fedex it to the Army tonight.

There are a lot of advantages to being a consultant, but one disadvantage is that there are no paid sick days. So if I'm sick and can't work, there's no money coming in. Fortunately, I don't get sick too often and when I do, it is usually minor. This past week, however, was really difficult. Because I had commitments to two clients, I had to work even though I was really too sick to do so. But my clients depend on me and I feel obligated to keep my commitments, no matter what.

So for the next few days, I am just going to take it easy and try to get well and get my strength back. Although I have a few things in the hopper, I haven't wanted to make any firm work commitments. Will just have to see how things go.