I swear, I think I could come up with a valid excuse for not working 2 days out of 5. Just since I’ve been back from my vacation less than four weeks ago, I’ve had:
- Beginning of miscarriage/ectopic pregnancy- heavy cramps (2 days)
- Examinations and treatment relating to ectopic (1.5 days)
- Tree crashed through nanny’s car (1 day)
- Snow storms (2 days)
Of those, I only actually missed the 1.5 days for the ectopic treatment, left at 4:00 one snow day, and worked at home another, but I was also late a couple of times due to blood tests.
When I got home from work yesterday, Tata said she had thrown up seven times that afternoon. Seven. Times. (Gatito had been sick over the weekend and it basically seems like everyone in town is.) A had an important all day meeting and I really didn’t feel like I could miss another day of work, so when she said she could still come today, I accepted. I know. I am the worst. boss. ever. Does it make it better or worse if I tell you that I gave permission for them to watch TV all day long?
Now we’re expecting snow tonight/tomorrow and I’m stressed about getting to the office and back safely, but I’ve got meetings all day and people really do seem to slog in to this job in all weather.
It just sometimes seems like life is a full-time job. Who has time to work?!
Better. Tata seems like she’s part of the family now, so a day vegging? A single day? Big deal. Especially if you stocked up the fridge on popsicles and ginger ale.
You’re right. I’ve got a job interview tomorrow and all I can think is ‘If I have to work past X, who’ll pick up the baby? And what about Cass? Who’s going to be there after school?’ sigh.
Oh my! What a predicament. Well, a little too much TV didn’t hurt a lot of people, so a day or 2 here or there won’t do any permanent damage. I hate that it is only the people who are responsible employees that fret over having to miss work for valid reasons. The rest of the world doesn’t seem to mind missing work over things way less tramatic as oh, say, miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies. Go easy on yourself. It is just a bad patch and you will more than make up for it in months to come.
Hope you are doing well, besides. As well as can be expected, anyway.
Poor Tata…. When we had the stomach flu, I asked N3nny to stay … I warned her she’d probably get sick… She did. It’s a great nanny who doesn’t complain.
Yup, life takes a lot of time… I find it hard to work a great deal of the time, but that’s a theme on my blog!
Oh, and television when a caregiver is sick doesn’t count! Heh. [I can say this with authority even...I'm a developmental psychologist.
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Do you give her hazerdous duty pay when she gets the barfs?
A friend of mine who was in the army (pre Iraq war) got hazerdous duty pay pay for trying out new uniforms.
Sarah