Just another Manic Monday

Yeah, so we were supposed to have off today for MLK day. But it's deadline time, and so we're all here, slaving away while the rest of the working world is enjoying their holiday. I think I may go back to grad school and get my teaching certificate. Who am I kidding? I'm not cut out for the fashion world. But then I'd have to give up New York. Oh dear god. We'll leave this life decision mess for another day.

I haven't been really feeling right since the holidays. My stomach is all messed up and I've been really sluggish and tired, more so than usual. Anyway, on Friday I ate something questionable for lunch and ended up getting pretty bad cramps towards the end of the work day. So around 4:30, I remember going to the bathroom and being in there for awhile. Now mind you, this is close of the work day on Friday, so I'm not too worried about missing anything. And besides, when you gotta go, you gotta go. So I was probably in the bathroom for 20 minutes, tops. I come back to my desk, then jet out again to the bathroom. DID NOT FEEL WELL FOLKS!

Apparently, my boss, who is based in NJ, was looking for me while i was in the bathroom quite sick. But I guess the other boss who is in my office thought I left for the night. So she told him I went home early. Now I get into work today, MLK day, supposed to be an easy breezy day. And I get a phone call from the Big Boss in NJ about my behavior on Friday.

He's all "You can't just leave early. We had this conversation once before. I expect you here during business hours when I need you. No one could find you. Why did you leave early? I don't want to have this conversation again."

Now this completely blindsided me, so I didn't know what to say. I was just like "okay, sorry?" After we hung up, I started to think about Friday. (not that i can actually remember through my drunkfest of a weekend) and realized that Hey! i didn't leave early on Friday, I was stuck in the bathroom. So I wrote him an email basically saying that I was sick in the bathroom and I didn't leave early. True, maybe it was total TMI, but I'm not going to let him think I skipped out early when I didn't. Maybe he'll fire me for being so inappropiate. Maybe he'll do me a favor. But knowing my luck, I'll still be here tomorrow!