Home sick

[redbird]

Being home sick, in this case, mostly means I didn't go to the gym today. Not that I'm absolutely miserable, but that I'm trying to cut this off at the pass, and hope to be well enough to celebrate cattitude's birthday this weekend.

It doesn't mean no energy: I'd emailed someone asking if her company had copyediting openings right now. She said she didn't think so, but send a resume, and had I seen two specific postings to a job board.

I sent her back a resume and thanks. Then I wrote a cover letter, and sent it and my resume to the contact for one of the possible jobs. She may decide I'm overqualified, since the job is officially "proofreader," but they want someone who can do copyediting as well. It's for a nonprofit, so my cover letter emphasized that aspect of my time at ACM.

An advantage of being home with only julian_tiger is that I can avoid straining my throat: IM and email, whether chatty or business, are handwork, not speech, for me. It was the sore throat, and specifically noticing that I was hoarse, that led me to conclude that I'm sick enough to need to rest: I seem capable of treating sneezing and congestion as minor if they're the only symptoms.

Addendum: For values of "home sick" that include getting a moderately heavy suitcase across the lobby, up a few stairs, and out to a van. Because I only have a cold, and the suitcase owner is on crutches from a sprained ankle. Doing it this way let the mover who had offered to help him unload stuff from the elevator instead; the mover had asked me to hold the elevator while he helped my neighbor.

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[kightp.livejournal.com]

I'm home sick today, too, and getting a remarkable amount of work done, since I finally seem to have slept my fill. But I get to do it in my pajamas and slippers, so I don't mind.