102 Fever...no problem!

Ah yes the legal field is the battle field of the devil. The onsite nurse at work has just informed me that I have a fever of 102 and my response was…”You can’t force me to leave work can you?” Her response “No but I seriously think you should see the doctor and go home to rest.” My response “So If I walked out of here after taking some of your Tylenol or whatever my fever could possibly go down and you can’t tell my boss anything right?” Her “Yes, but…” Me interrupting “Nothing right?” She reluctantly “Yes though I think you need to take care this could be bad” Me “What is bad is the amount of bloody work I have to do. Thanks for all your help, I will take a couple of those pills, I will lie down in my office for a bit [blatant lie] and then if feeling worse I will go home, otherwise I can’t risk leaving.”

Now see this is how much my current life sucks, because I have sold my corporate soul I am forced to work on a day when my right ear has a ringing sound, none of my muscles feel like they are a part of my body I have a fever that at 2 degrees lower 10 years ago I would have been crying “MOM” yet now I have to look at the nurse through hazy eyes and act all brave. Why couldn’t she at least have been cute?

Mini tangent: What happened to all the cute nurses that I used to see when I was a teenager? Back in the day I always wanted to get with a nurse, now that I am older the quality has severely declined or is it that because now I only see a nurse if I am really, really sick I don’t have time to appreciate them.

Damn you body for betraying me; I thought all those years of drinking, lack of sleep, chasing women and risky behavior would have conditioned you to go through anything…we can do this just another 7 more hours at work and we can go home to get a shot to chase the pills with.