A day off, please?

I consider myself to be giver.  And, as I have said before, I come by it naturally.  My parents are like that.  My Grandmother was like that.  I take great pleasure in helping and doing for others.  So, it can be hard for someone like me to put myself first.  Now, I say this with a grain of salt because I have admittedly done many selfish things over the years, but this isn't really the same thing.  This is more about self care and making sure that I am keeping myself in a good physical and mental condition so that I can do for others.  I tell people all the time that if you can't be good to yourself, you really can't be good to others.  And that's the truth.  I don't always follow my own words, but I acknowledge that it's the truth.

I am thinking about this because of work.  We got our vaccine booster shots on Thursday.  And it has knocked a lot of associates in my department for a loop. Even I called in yesterday morning because I felt absolutely horrible.  And I HATE calling into work like that.  I rarely ever do that unless I'm in a good amount of pain.  Alas, several of my coworkers had an even worse reaction and also called out, therefore cancelling my call out and I went in to work yesterday around 4 and stayed until 11p.m.  Yes, I am happy that I was able to help out even though I didn't feel great.  I could still manage to get the things done that needed taking care of.

This morning, the call goes out for someone to fill in another shift today.  On the one hand, the money would be good because it would be overtime.  On the other hand, and more importantly, I need a day off.  Like everyone else, I'm exhausted.  I really need for someone else to step up to the plate today.  So, now I'm just sitting and hoping that someone will respond to the text and take one for the team.  Because if they don't, I know what I will do.  In the end, I won't mind doing it and will be glad I helped out.  But right now, I just want to be lazy and have a day to myself.  I don't think that's being selfish.  I'll just have to wait and see.

That is all.