I will be staying home today to nurse a mild ankle sprain. I rolled my ankle about 1/2 way through the day yesterday and the X-rays were negative but there is slight swelling and soreness. It's not to the point where I will have lost time but my on-car asked if I wanted to stay home and take care of it so here I am. We have plenty of coverage and I will go back on Thursday. I have a few errands to run and then will treat myself to lunch and a movie (who knows--maybe I'll buy myself a drink or two and then take advantage of myself).
You know the saying is," you have to love yourself before you can love someone else" so your mind is in the rigth place! Oh and taking a day to just chill out, I can do that every day because I have to be at work at 4:45am, and usually done by 9ish.
Cutting us down to 14 rtes will do that. Sorry you had to wait til so late. I am quite sure that your driver was not happy about it either, his rte was one that was cut yesterday and had to cover for your driver. I don't think there was a utility in Sedona yesterday. I could be wrong though.
You are right about calling in affecting everyone else. My point to that is this: If we weren't being worked 10 hrs or more everyday then there may not be as many call ins. If they weren't breaking out 2 and more rtes a day............ well then maybe............
If i am sick i go to work unless it's is the flu or something serious, I make sure to keep my sick days for mental health and sick kids.
When I call in i make sure i say "I will not be in tonight" and never say I am sick and not coming in.