There’s a lot of fuss out there when it comes to the idea of spreading sickness to your colleagues. I mean, temporarily losing one person to an illness is one thing, but when several people go it is really a detriment to productivity, right? If you think about it too, the people that you’re in contact with most at work tend to be the people in your department. So, when illness spreads it’s usually centralized and has the ability cripple a single group. Currently, my project manager and I are the people who’ve looked like hell all of this past week. Prior to that, there was just one guy who was feeling like crap, and I have the feeling that he transmitted the problem to the two of us. I’m hoping that I don’t spread it out even more, so I’m doing my best to be vigilant.

So, that’s what happens at work. However, is enough focus being given to spreading illness at home? I don’t think so. In my case, all three of us here at home have come down with a cold. It’s been pretty miserable here this weekend. We’re all feeling kind of gross. You know what? I feel guilty about it because I brought the cold with me back home. It’s not like I can barricade myself in my room and cut off contact with my family. And now our family life has been affected.

Once again, just like last week, I’m tempted to take a day off to speed up my recovery. I need to see how I feel in the morning.