All day sleeping

The good thing about taking about an extended period off work is I don't have to worry (too much) about the consequences of what I do...been drinking and partying all day and can just spend the whole day in bed tomorrow.

Just kidding.

Meeting up with people actually makes me happy (maybe it's escaping from home which does), though a bit tiring (I'm still trying to get over from jet lag, and, of course I'm a sick child). I don't know who will phone me up tomorrow to arrange to meet up (maybe no one), but I can choose to sleep all day if I want to - with no guilt what so ever, except I got told off by my Dad for getting up at noon HK time (4am UK time) on my second day back. Other than that there's no pressure for me to do anything (and I'll stop using that many parentheses).

During the many days that I took off work last years, many different thoughts entered my mind, along with feeling sick and sorry for myself:

• the more days I take off the harder it is for me to get back to the routine, the more work will build up, and the harder I need to work to clear the backlog, but
• some people will always think I always go back to the office too soon because of the occasional (and annoying, I know) cough I have or how poorly they think I look, and
• I should learn from the lesson last time that going back too soon will do more harm than good, but
• some people will always think that I'm well enough to work when...I could send emails from home (so I must be well enough to go into the office and spend 7 hours there!), so
• sometimes I felt I should just go into the office when I'm really ill to prove that I'm not faking it, however
• if I don't get back soon enough there might not be any work for me to do / I might lose my job

But now I don't have to care what other people think or say. I am entitled to enjoy my break and don't have to go back to work the first instance I feel well enough. Jealous eh?