I wonder how many people work for an employer that truly cares about their employees. I know I do. Yesterday I found myself in our usual morning staff meeting unable to raise my head without feeling like I was floating out of my body. It was the same feeling I had last summer and dread filled me as I thought, here we go again! With total understanding my boss offered me a ride home but I opted for a coworker to drive me in my car followed by another coworker to bring her back to work. There has been a virus going around and I was hoping that wasn't what had me feeling nauseous. Once home I realized I had not taken my medication since Sunday! I am usually very concienscious about taking it for fear of having a set back and can't explain why for two days in a row I slipped in my routine. I took my meds and laid down waiting for it to take effect. About 3 hours later my boss called to check on me and was legitimately concerned about my well being. I have worked in the past for some really great people but this was different. She let me know that they were thinking of me and said if there was anything I needed just to call.
It took most of the day for the medication to really make a difference but it took only one phone call to make me feel better, comforted.
I am up and about feeling back to normal and looking forward to going to work. I see on my facebook even one of the people I support sent me get well wishes. Is it really any wonder I love my job? I know it's not Thanksgiving but I think maybe today's class will be some creative writing on who and what we have in our lives that we take for granted and need to stop and appreciate.
Happy Thursday my friends.
