[miclason]

sick is when I physically can't function or be productive in a work environment...we were never allowed to stay home from school just because we wanted to, and, Dad had a "cure" for that behaviour that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy: he stayed home and personally took care that you stayed IN BED, with all the COVERS on...(and, remember, we have a tropical climate here!...by 10:30 it was like laying in your own private sauna!!)...he wouldn't let us get up, except for bathroom breaks and to have a snack and then lunch...he made us stay until school quitting time (no tv, no toys, no books....if you were "too sick" to go to school, you had to rest!)...and, that sort of thing sticks to you (let's talk about permanent psychological damage here!)...If I am home and feel well enough to read a book, I feel guilty that I'm not at the office doing my job!!...same thing with my sister!!...I once came back to the office and everyone commented that I looked "like death warmed over!"...and I had come back because I was "feeling better"!! LOL!