Body over mind

Have been at home for the past 3 days with bronchitis.......urghhh welcome to my 30's. This is the 2nd time I have had this in the past 14 months. Have been sleeping 10 hours a night for the past 4 nights and lying on the couch doing FA so clearly I am not well. Started on antibiotics on Tues and not really had any great improvement but at least I shouldn't develop pneumonia!
I don't think I had had 4 days off work in a row in at least 6 years. I had the full blown flu 4 years ago (around Feb time also-Feb is the WORST month to have a birthday) but I was on a visit to the UK so was not actually at work. Had I been at work, I think I would have been off for a week at least as it hit me really hard.
I haven't really been looking after myself as well as usual and have been extremely busy the past few months and was starting to feel really worn out. I guess my body decided it was time to stop!
It's funny how when you are sick, everything is relative. I was considering that I was feeling MUCH better by the fact that on Wednesday I opened the blinds for the first time in 2 days. My immediate reaction was" Oh I must be better, I will go back to work tomorrow!" DUH... so silly. I am nowhere near well enough to go back to work and gave myself a reality check by noting that even though I had opened the blinds, I was still in my PJ's at 11am and got tired putting a load of laundry on! I spoke to my mum and she put it in perspective, saying that you know when you are better when you forget to take your antibiotics! So true, thanks Mum!

One positive thing about being sick is that you realise how much human interaction is important on a daily basis. I have been checking my Facebook and email accounts on the lap top so many times the past few days just to keep in touch with the outside world. I can't WAIT to go back to work just to see everyone, all my friends and coworkers. And also to make a dent in the huge number of emails and voicemails waiting for me to take action on. Maybe I won't actually get some human interaction after all as I'll be glued to my desk all day.