it's official.

i am sick.

i've been battling a fun combo of asthma-phlegm/cough-earaches for over a month now. didn't take time off because i had a pre-training week, training week, pre-convention week, and then a convention week to get through. so i've been partially deaf in my left ear due to the earache's fun medicine, coughing up a storm, and sometimes... throwing up, purely phelgm. (I know, like you really wanted to know that.)

Then I was exposed to bronchitis (thanks, nicole!) AND got food poisoning from undercooked chicken or quite possibly just my body rejecting that EVERY meal at convention was either a chicken or a chicken by-product, 3 times a day, for 6 days. (way to go, hyatt!). So not only has my throat gone to crap but so has my stomach, lungs and ears...

i've been out sick from work for the past two days... due to mom/dad's orders... but my stupid boss has been calling and emailing me like it was nothing and asking that I get back to work (nevermind that she took 2 days off after convention to relax - from what, I have no idea). it finally took 2 senior vice presidents (both out sick due to yours truly), two other staffers and a note to both my boss and human resources from my parents stressing that I was contagious and that I was not going to get better until I actually get some rest. Voila! They FINALLY sent me home.

gotta love that job of mine!