I have 66 sick days that i'm not going to be reimbursed for when i leave JT. (well i will, kinda, they will be in my Teacher's retirement fund and i'll be able to use them to help me retire, but i'm not sure if i'm even going to continue to be a teacher in the long run so i'm using em) In all my teaching career i have never took a sick day. I took 2 personal days when i got married but that has been it in 4 years. At first the thought of taking a sick day and having to make sub plans was something i dreaded, and the thought of not being there and getting behind on grading and things like that was also something i didn't think was worth just not being there. I also thought that people that took sick days were just weak, i mean i went to work with pink eye for goodness sake!
Until now. I took today off. Tomorrow is an sip day (late start) and on those days i usually have them watch a biology related movie so i figure i won't really be getting behind and what they are doing in class today is just reviewing their vocab words, and that i really didn't NEED to be there. It is awesome. I have already got so much done this morning. Unfortunately i did not get a very good night sleep (woke up pretty much every hour cause i was scared i wouldn't call before 6am) and because i was nervous about calling in at 5:30 in the morning and having to say i was taking a sick day. But i'm sure it will get easier. I mean i have 65 of them....there or only 40 some days left of school. I figure if i really don't need to be there to teach that day and i won't get too behind...great time to take off! I'll probably only use like 10 or so that's still 50 left for retirement if i do stay in the teaching field. I'm so glad i got over the martyr, lawful good, feeling that was holding me back from taking sick days. They are awesome! Okay back to cleaning/organizing the house!
Until now. I took today off. Tomorrow is an sip day (late start) and on those days i usually have them watch a biology related movie so i figure i won't really be getting behind and what they are doing in class today is just reviewing their vocab words, and that i really didn't NEED to be there. It is awesome. I have already got so much done this morning. Unfortunately i did not get a very good night sleep (woke up pretty much every hour cause i was scared i wouldn't call before 6am) and because i was nervous about calling in at 5:30 in the morning and having to say i was taking a sick day. But i'm sure it will get easier. I mean i have 65 of them....there or only 40 some days left of school. I figure if i really don't need to be there to teach that day and i won't get too behind...great time to take off! I'll probably only use like 10 or so that's still 50 left for retirement if i do stay in the teaching field. I'm so glad i got over the martyr, lawful good, feeling that was holding me back from taking sick days. They are awesome! Okay back to cleaning/organizing the house!
- Mood:
calm
