Hi Sharondarella! :)
I am sorry to hear you were sick! :( Hopefully you are feeling better now?"

Ooooh! Thank you for the well-wishes! Damn if I'm not counting every single "sorry to hear you were sick" and "hope you feel better soon" because they sure are few and far between. People seem to fall into two behaviors: they hear you were sick and they treat you like you have typhoid or leprosy. (aka, "avoid you like the plague") OR they want to hear your symptoms so they can tell you they had the same thing, and theirs was MUCH worse ... yet they still managed to come to work (aka, "aren't you the big baby for giving in so weakly.")

What has happened to our society? It used to be that if you were sick you stayed home until you were better. Now it's a "come to work unless you are dead and if you're dead, bring the corpse" mentality.

Why would you want a sick employee coming in so germs can be spread to all the coworkers? It's ludicrous! And doctors are wondering why so many people have gotten the flu this year? It's because of the "noble" people who come in, clutching a box of tissues, coughing/sniffling/sneezing/wheezing yet proclaiming "I never use sick days."

Of all people, perhaps YOU should because now you're going to spread your funk to those of us who have beaten the odds and are still well. Lordy, what a society.

So, yes, I am still sick, but thanks for asking.

Actually, truthfully, I feel better, much better, but I can't get rid of this damn cough and I'm not sleeping well at night because of it. Kind of sucks, but I'll live to complain another day. Meanwhile I keep coughing like my spleen is stuck in my throat. ;D

Sorry to have been such a bad correspondent. "Bad, really BAD, couple of weeks" is my excuse and "I promise to do better" is my mantra. :)