Back to the grind

Extremely appropriate Earworm radio: I Woke Up This Morning (You Were On My Mind) - Hmm, sounds like, The Association?

Temp is down to a nice, normal, 96.8. For me, that’s a normal, waking one. Lungs still hurt a bit, and I’ve got the flip side cough. But I’m off to school and back to math class.....sigh. It was hideous fun while it lasted.
The thing is, when I was at my job I called in sick once in 5 years, the rest of the time I would show up half dead and let them decide whether to send me home. Frequently they did not because there was no one to take my place.

I was all stupid, proud of my record, but at the same time that kind of pressure sucks. One should be able to take a day off if one needs it for some reason.
The puritan work ethic has some virtue, and the flagrant fuckoffness I see people indulging in has some vice. But there has to be a happy medium.