I just got an email at home from my boss asking me to describe my accident on Blackboard for all of my students. One of them came to my boss today to complain because I had been absent Fri and today, Monday, since falling on the ice and tearing my hamstring last Thursday.

I complied and shared the details of my visit to the ER, how my x-rays showed no broken bone but I had a tear and nerve damage that kept my leg from working and gave me pain.

However, I did add that, first of all, this is my first sick day in two years, and secondly, ours is a course in bedside manner for nursing students, so maybe it would be a learning opportunity.

Yesterday I posted about how guilty I feel about missing work. Then with your support I worked up the nerve to do it like I should.

Today I get guilt tripped by a student who feels more inconvenienced than I was from my accident. Plus, my boss asks me to explain myself publicly.

I don't feel cared for somehow.

Wow.