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rule #27: don't cry in front of the boss
I hate days like this.
I called in sick yesterday, due to dizzy spells and a fever--NOT good to drive like that, much less work.
Felt a little better today and not dizzy, so went in to the office. TONS of last minute, "emergency" work to do, because no-one at my office plans or works according to proceedure. They did not have a computer for me at first, so I've been using my personal computer, which does not connect with the office printers or computers. Also, I've only had this particular job a few weeks, it's a new position, there was no training, and it's outside my field of study (big disclaimer: I do love my job. seriously. I get paid to write. How awesome is that??
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To top it off, turns out I'm not well yet, get a little ill after lunch, and run a fever all day. At the end of the day, the CEO calls me into her office to have a chat about an email that I write that gets sent out to 100,000 people. A very normal chat, actually, happens every Wednesday. But for some reason today, it just got to me, and I started crying in her office!
She was really nice about it, and started to apologize profusely and tell me I was doing a great job, and I kept spluttering that it wasn't her fault and I didn't even really know why I was crying (true!) but that I thought it was just being tired and sick.
Nothing really happened, but damn that's annoying! No bigger blow to one's professionalism.....
I called in sick yesterday, due to dizzy spells and a fever--NOT good to drive like that, much less work.
Felt a little better today and not dizzy, so went in to the office. TONS of last minute, "emergency" work to do, because no-one at my office plans or works according to proceedure. They did not have a computer for me at first, so I've been using my personal computer, which does not connect with the office printers or computers. Also, I've only had this particular job a few weeks, it's a new position, there was no training, and it's outside my field of study (big disclaimer: I do love my job. seriously. I get paid to write. How awesome is that??
)To top it off, turns out I'm not well yet, get a little ill after lunch, and run a fever all day. At the end of the day, the CEO calls me into her office to have a chat about an email that I write that gets sent out to 100,000 people. A very normal chat, actually, happens every Wednesday. But for some reason today, it just got to me, and I started crying in her office!
She was really nice about it, and started to apologize profusely and tell me I was doing a great job, and I kept spluttering that it wasn't her fault and I didn't even really know why I was crying (true!) but that I thought it was just being tired and sick. Nothing really happened, but damn that's annoying! No bigger blow to one's professionalism.....
I felt MUCH better today (finally had an appetite again, for the first time since Sunday) and got some stuff done again today. Could tell that I was less feverish today, and it seems to have completely cleared up. 
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