i found myself getting easily irritated, stressed and vexed today.
all because of an MC.. or rather the inability to do work due to me staying in bed. it all started off as a case of diarrhoea and fever yesterday afternoon, leading me to rush home from school and skipping a meeting (got a free cab ride from a kind uncle though).
i took my sch laptop home, hoping to complete some mundane admin tasks when i am well enough to, but couldn't install the software needed for me to go online from home. arghh. thus i couldn't verify the kids' SGCs.. sian. and it's due soon. (i hate deadlines!)
checked email from my home laptop, but couldn't download the attachments to complete some 'urgent' work requested by my superior... sian.
why is it that we are so bogged down by work even when we are ill? the feeling of not getting it done makes me stressed out even more.. cos even when you recover, you are expected by your superiors to get it done asap, anyway.. i think that's the cause of so much frustration and depression i see in my colleagues too.
i knew my super-kind sci HOD had to reply emails and do work in the midst of him getting ready for an operation (he had a 'collapsed lung' and every breath is now painful). =(
i'm fortunate that my MC lasts only a day.. i pray for my HOD to get well soon.
i found myself getting easily irritated, stressed and vexed today.
all because of an MC.. or rather the inability to do work due to me staying in bed. it all started off as a case of diarrhoea and fever yesterday afternoon, leading me to rush home from school and skipping a meeting (got a free cab ride from a kind uncle though).
i took my sch laptop home, hoping to complete some mundane admin tasks when i am well enough to, but couldn't install the software needed for me to go online from home. arghh. thus i couldn't verify the kids' SGCs.. sian. and it's due soon. (i hate deadlines!)
checked email from my home laptop, but couldn't download the attachments to complete some 'urgent' work requested by my superior... sian.
why is it that we are so bogged down by work even when we are ill? the feeling of not getting it done makes me stressed out even more.. cos even when you recover, you are expected by your superiors to get it done asap, anyway.. i think that's the cause of so much frustration and depression i see in my colleagues too.
i knew my super-kind sci HOD had to reply emails and do work in the midst of him getting ready for an operation (he had a 'collapsed lung' and every breath is now painful). =(
i'm fortunate that my MC lasts only a day.. i pray for my HOD to get well soon.
i hate down-time
