I'm rarely sick. And I rarely call in sick. Even when I'm sick, and I stay home, I will work from home rather than take a sick day. Why? I have no clue. Probably because I usually have a lot of work to get done.
But I started with a sore throat Saturday evening, and it has become a sinus cold of sorts, including a fever. I didn't sleep much last night - got up about 3-ish so I wouldn't wake hubby up. Found a couple leaks so got buckets under them. Yep, we have a deluge of rain coming down. All night. Shortly after I got up there was a huge crack of thunder and lightening and all the power went out. But it came back on a couple minutes later. I felt miserable. I began to weigh the 'should I work from home, go to work, or just call in sick' questions. I decided to call in sick so that I could just rest and not sit at the computer all day.
So I text'd my boss about 4-ish that I would not be in to work, that I was sick. She text'd me around 6AM that the building was flooded and they were having people work from home.
I would have already been enroute to work as I would have left a little early due to the rain. And, judging from the news, would have been in the parking lot on I17 and I10 - both routes I take to work. Both have areas under water and people are sitting on both sides of the water. IF I had made it to work, I would have been unable to get in - and would have been turned away. I would have had no place to go as I probably could not have gotten back home by then.
You can think what you want, but I feel God allowed me to get sick so that I would make the decision to stay home today sick. Sick enough to stay home and make that decision, but not so sick that I have to stay in bed. He protected me by keeping me at home. And yes, I believe that.
So the rain has been coming down all night and looks like it is starting to let up. I heard another storm was on its way in.
I wonder if my son has attempted to drive his truck to work - I don't think he will make it. But, I checked with him and he plans to attempt the drive. Wish he didn't have to, but it's up to his boss, not to his mom. :-(
Saturday was a son's 43rd birthday. My daughter reminded me that I usually type something about their big day, how it came about, etc. I didn't get on the computer Saturday nor Sunday, which is why it didn't happen. I scanned back a couple years and I guess I don't always write about the birth-days.... maybe another time. This is getting long.
So now I'm going to take another 'feel good' pill, and go curl up on the couch with a good book. Until I fall asleep again. After all, I really AM sick. Stay dry, stay well.
Blessings!
2 comments:
I think you did the write-up about my bday last year ... or maybe the year before. I printed it out and saved it, so need to repeat it.
I did try to get out of work today. But the Boss said he wanted me to do my best to go in. Took twice as long (about an hour and a half) by taking mostly surface streets, and luckily, none were blocked/flooded/closed. I was a bit late getting started on my route, which is another story, but had only one partial closure, that was actually on my way home, and didn't really affect me.
Glad to hear you didn't run into any major flooding. It's always crazy here when it rains.
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