Holidays Make Me Sick

I am a person who really does not like missing work. I once sent a student searching for an administrator because I couldn't draw a breath. Turns out I had pneumonia. On another occasion I drove myself from work to the emergency room for an adrenaline shot. Hives had caused my tongue to swell and my throat to close. The only exception to this was my last year teaching in Austin. Prior to that I had missed so few days, that when I had to have back surgery and miss more than 3 months of work, I had more than enough sick days saved up to cover it. I guess it was partly due to my back pain, but mostly due to the fact that I had ceased to enjoy my job, but I didn't hesitate to call in sick if I felt the least bit ill.

I have reverted back to the teacher who goes to work sick. I do go out of my way not to  breath on students even the ones who I might want a 2 day break from. I seem to get sick alot these days, probably due to the injection I take for my arthritis. It does affect the immune system. However, I don't miss work. Why? Seems I only get sick on holidays and long weekends. So, I'm not surprised that this morning, on the first day of my week long Thanksgiving break, I wake up sick. Worse yet, I think it is probably due to allergies which means it will not go away until the culprit is no longer in the air. Maybe, my body just doesn't like taking a break from work.