SOLSC '18 Day Twenty-six: Adulting is not fun today
Adulting is not fun sometimes, especially when I am sick I know exactly what is wrong with me and I will call the doctor this morning but I woke up with a fever and now I'm trying to decide whether I should go to my all-day once-a-month meeting or not I know I'm not contagious by any stretch but I am achy and sweaty but I ordered a Jason's Deli lunch but someone else could eat it am I being a woose by even considering staying home or is it self-care and the right thing to do I have to make a decision by 545a in order to have time to get ready if I decide to go to the meeting but then I'll have to slip out this morning to make a phone call to the doctor to see if she can see me after the meeting.
Adulting is not fun today.
Stay home. The lunch won’t taste good if you’re sick. And I like your nod to Faulkner w/ this stream-of-consciousness contemplation. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Glenda. I'll decide for sure once I take a shower. I hate missing a monthly meeting, especially since its the last before our big annual conference; ugh!
DeleteThis piece perfectly captures the "yes but yes but" swirl of thinking as we try to make a decision that honestly sometimes we probably wish someone else would make.
ReplyDeleteExactly, Elisabeth!
DeleteDid you stay home? It sounded like you should. Perfect title... I agree, sometimes it would be nice to have a "mother" say to us as if we were a child, "Stay home!" :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't stay home, Alice; after a hot shower, with ibuprofen on board, I felt a bit better. And I knew for sure I wasn't contagious. Just slipped out of the meeting an hour early to see the doc.
DeleteI agree, adulting is often not fun. I hope you found a solution that met your needs and one that allows you to recover quickly.
ReplyDeleteSherri, I was able to attend most of the meeting, then see a doc and get a prescription. I'm counting on the antibiotics to do their job!
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