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Get well soon!
Thank you! This is actually unfortunately my second time having it. Definitely nowhere near as bad as the first. I took the whole week off out of paranoia of infecting my coworkers, even though I probably don't need to be out that long. One of them had weekend plans that I don't want to mess up for them. Mostly I'm bored as fuck but I feel basically better!
You did the right thing taking a week. You know about the one with plans, but there's probably someone's grandma or cancer kid you're helping too.
Yeah my coworker is going to be seeing at least 2 vulnerable people. I'm sure there could be more out there as well.
Just feels a bit odd and simultaneously wasteful using an extra sick day (we have a limited amount) when I am not even sick. And look, this is totally stupid, but I also don't want people to think I'm a wimp that needs more time to recover than I actually do. Or I don't want people to think that I'm lying and using sick days for no reason.
I know those last two are kind of nonsensical, but I can't help how my brain works lol!! I'm getting cabin fever in here!