calling in sick
It’s Monday afternoon and I’m….sitting on my couch. I started feeling kind of icky last night at work so I put myself on the call off list…I was number nine on the list so I don’t think my chances of getting called off were that great. However, after going to bed at 12:15 (EARLY by my evening shift standards) and rolling out of bed at 9:45 feeling miserable, I decided to just call in sick. Of course, I had no idea how to actually do that so I had to hunt through my employee handbooks to figure out who to call. I don’t know why I feel so bad about calling in sick since it’s not like I’m doing my planned 15 mile run or anything. We accrue sick days faster than we accrue vacation days, so I have about eight built up right now. I read in my employee handbook that we don’t get paid for those days when we leave the company…how sad is that? That’s a lot of money! I wish we could turn it into vacation time at some point or something.
Anyway, I’ve spent today on the couch watching bad TV and catching up on blogs. It is GORGEOUS outside…60, sunny, AMAZING. I would LOVE to do a long run right now, but my trip to the grocery store to get chicken noodle soup (and baking essentials, for if I feel up to it) was a bit exhausting. My scheduled day off is tomorrow (since I worked the weekend), so hopefully I’ll feel better. Please?
So what have I done on my sick day? Well……not much. Isn’t that what sick days are for? I did apply for a job at Duke (!!), so we’ll see if I hear anything from there. I’ve applied to a couple jobs in New York City, and I got immediate rejections…as in next day! I guess they’re serious about the whole “one year experience” thing. Oops? I’m trying to be proactive about hating my job, and I thank all of you for your comments and support. It’s just hard since I don’t know WHAT I want to do (nursing? health promotion? exercise stuff? BAKERY?) or WHERE I want to do it (Chicago? New York? Dur ham? Boston? Minneapolis? California?). So much is up in the air right now…and I have a love/hate relationship with it.
Time to watch more bad TV…I’m not even sure what’s on in the evening! Other than the Bachelor Wedding, of course…gotta love it!
I hope you feel better! You know, even though those places rejected you, it is nice to hear back so quick! So places leave you hanging forever!
Boo to being sick! Might as well use those days up though!
Sick days are useless unless you get *really* sick – I’ve learned that with my first job too!
but, luckily you have some to use right now….rest up and hopefully you can soak up some of that sunshine soon!! xo
hope you feel better soon, susan!
job possibilities are exciting. i’m also on the job hunt and don’t know where i’ll end up next year. super scary to me, but i know everything will eventually work out…
Haha I love how ‘BAKERY’ links to my site. Yes, I clicked it to see where it would take me. I was hoping for a pot of gold or something.
Get well soon, Nursey!
Aw! Hope you feel better! I went home sick today too…I have like 20 sick days accrued, and we don’t get paid for them either, so I’m on a mission to make sure that they do not go to waste.
Also, Durham is awesome.
But, will you have to stop saying mean things about Duke if you go and work there? Probably not…
uh my vote is Mpls! We’d definitely be able to meet up back in the good ol’ midwest.
I hope you’re feeling better. Being sick when the weather is gorgeous is the WORST!
Heyyyy, keep your head up about jobs, at some point in the future these years will be absolved from people’s resumes and big changes, little progress and different positions will be written off as recession living. Given that we read all the time about how unhappy you are at your current position, I’m happy to read that you’re thinking of trying something new.
I guess that is one reason I love NYC so much. People make a living here doing EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. I saw a job posting the other day for a professional dog runner. Not walker, runner. I guess they had big dogs that needed to go for longer than a few city blocks. If you think something health or fitness related is a passion, you can make it happen here in New York. Maybe you should email Chandra at Chandra’s Shenanigans about what it was like when she changed career paths. I know she is busy, but I know if you asked she would give some some real honest insight.
Boy can i understand where u r coming from. If i had any idea what nursing was like, i would have never went to school for it. there is a nursing shortage, news flash, “it sucks.” i have been a nurse since 2001. i work on a med-surg unit where we are the dump every pt u can on this floor. i have been written up for a “final” notice of c/o about a f’d up assignment. so one more f-up anything and my ass is out the door. this is comforting when i have an autistic son which my employers insurance will not cover his speech or ot therapy.
It never matters how much good u do, the only focus is on the bad. it would be nice on occassion to be shown that u r valued. we never get bonuses, but i am sure the executives do. i wish i could changed my jaded views, but i simply do not want to work in a hospital anymore, especially a for-profit.