I am sick today. It actually started yesterday morning with a slightly irritated throat, then it escalated from there. My sister came down from Fresno for the long weekend, complaining of a stomach bug. For her, it came and went in about a day. Since I had similar symptoms, I thought I would be better today. I was not.
As I write this, it is 5:40 pm, a time at which I would nor all be at work. Yes, one week into my new job, I have already needed to take a sick day. To make matters worse, I called the only contact number I had to call, which was human resources. An hour and a half after I should have been there, I got a call from a HR person, checking up what was going on. It turns out I should've called my manager whose number I do not have, and the person I did call wasn't in today. For the first ninety or so minutes of this workday, I had an ine fused absence that would be a potential black mark on my record.
I'm going to try and go back tomorrow. I think they need to know that I'm not faking. I realize that it's really weird to be sick your second week of work, but it's not the first time this has happened to me. When I began my pharmacy externship, I ended the first week by catching the flu. When I was rehired in Glendale in October 2012, I got sick, again having just been rehired.
I think God is trying to teach me something in all this. I had seriously thought about just powering through my illness and going in, but I haven't real gotten better yet. I pray that what we consequences I may have to face when I go back, that I would accept them with grace and humility.,
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