I Opted Out

I decided that I desperately needed to take a day from work. Aside from all the typical holidays, I have only taken 1.5 days off this year. One was a personal day because I had a meeting at school regarding My Son. I opted to take the whole day off. Wouldn’t you know it though, I drop him off. I go get some coffee and on my return trip to school for the meeting, I get a phone call from the school saying that he had thrown up in class and needed to go home. Sheesh. I try to take a day off, and I can’t. Bummer!

The half day was when I was sick. It was the day before Thanksgiving break and I was trying my best to tough it out. I just couldn’t function anymore and the kids were NUTS! The school nurse said GO HOME and my administrator couldn’t argue with that, so I left. I was miserable for days afterward.

It’s not like I was able to enjoy any of the time I had taken off.

I feel that I deserve a day off. So I set up my room like normal yesterday. Had everything ready like I would normally. Told my friend next door that I wouldn’t be in today and told her that I was blaming everything on Miss E. She said, HAHA! Hope she gets better! It’s good to have friends at work that you can trust.

So I woke up at my usual time this morning, put in for a substitute (poor woman) and sent an email to my administrator and my friend saying that Miss E woke up with a fever and I was staying home with her today. I included the “hastily thrown together sub plans” and the ruse is complete. I sent My Son off to school, Miss E is still asleep, and I’m sitting around enjoying a quiet morning before Sean gets home. Yeah, that was part of my evil plan too. To spend some time with my husband. I know you wish you were as conniving as me.