Oh meara, if at all possible you should take time off. Even without the painkillers fogging your brain your body is working overtime at healing, which is exhausting. But yeah, I get the whole 'I should be working' thing.
Do you know what else has blood in it? Blood.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Oct 17, 2018 8:32:29 am PDT #820 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Dana - Oct 17, 2018 9:01:30 am PDT #821 of 30019
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
can't really justify that just because of a broken ankle, when I work from home!
Dude, that's a serious injury! And you had surgery!
-t - Oct 17, 2018 9:11:06 am PDT #822 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, meara, recovery is hard work, don't make it harder if you can help it.
EpicTangent - Oct 17, 2018 9:20:58 am PDT #823 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I scheduled two weeks off at the beginning of December, because I'll lose time if I don't take it, but I have no idea what I should do with it.
Think warm sunny Florida. (I am so predictable)
And then there's also Southern California...
meara - Oct 17, 2018 9:23:51 am PDT #824 of 30019
Yeah, I'm not back to work until later next week, most likely. But even still my brain is like "but you should be DOING things!" Not feeling well today (tummy unhappy, head a bit achey, can't get comfy in cast wherever the pressure is depending on how I put my leg). Bleh.
sj - Oct 17, 2018 9:42:33 am PDT #825 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Make sure you eat with the pain meds even if you don't feel hungry.
EpicTangent - Oct 17, 2018 9:45:40 am PDT #826 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Not feeling well today (tummy unhappy, head a bit achey, can't get comfy in cast wherever the pressure is depending on how I put my leg).
All excellent reasons NOT to try to work. I haven't had your particular circumstances, but I once went back to work with a mild concussion and had to keep leaving early and feeling broken. I wished I could have just taken more time to recover my equilibrium. (And that's without broken bones or surgery!) So, yes, please, take what time you can, your body needs it. Try to convince your brain that what you SHOULD be doing is clearing space on the DVR or finally making headway on that crochet or cross-stitch project, etc.
-t - Oct 17, 2018 9:46:41 am PDT #827 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Aw, I'm sorry meara, that sounds unfun.
Sparky1 - Oct 17, 2018 9:58:37 am PDT #828 of 30019
Librarian Warlord
What everyone said, meara. Try to stay away from work and heal. It might actually be a shorter recovery time.
Our recent ex-Dean and I now sit on a University committee together. Now, we always got along fine, but definitely boss/worker. Today after the meeting we were chatting and all the f-bombs came out -- that would have never happened in the before relationship -- so I feel like we've moved to colleagues? So weird! We're allowed to curse now!
Meanwhile, I have a job I can't seem to fill. I don't know if it is our posting, our university, our salary range or all three. I don't know what to do with it, but, then again there is only one thing I can change in that group.
Dana - Oct 17, 2018 10:04:31 am PDT #829 of 30019
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
My coworker has managed to delete her local copy of the files we work on. It's just disappeared. There's nothing I can do about this, but she's going on about it at great length. I guess I should be more sympathetic, but I'm failing. She will have lost some work, but nothing catastrophic.